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discern

美音:[dı´sə:n ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.目睹,认识,洞悉,辨别,看清楚

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discern为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:discerner 动词过去式:discerned 过去分词:discerned 现在分词:discerning 第三人称单数:discerns

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cern=to separate(分离) 变化型 cret

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behold  detect  know  observe  perceive  realize  recognize  see  spot  spy  understand  view    

discern


/dɪ'sɜ:n; dɪ`sɝn/
v [Tn] see (sth) clearly (with the senses or the mind), esp with an effort 看出, 识别, 辨认(某事物)(尤指需费力)
*In the gloom I could only just discern the outline of a building. 在黑暗中我只能依稀分辨出一座建筑物的轮廓来.
* One can faintly discern the flavour of lemon. 可以隐约觉得有一点柠檬味.
* discern sb's true intentions 弄清某人的真实意图.

discern


v [T not in progressive]formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: discernere 'to separate', from cernere 'to sift']
to notice or understand something by thinking about it carefully
discern what/where/why etc
 Officials were keen to discern how much public support there was.
to be able to see something by looking carefully
= perceive
 We could just discern a town in the distance.
>discernibleadj
>discerniblyadv
1. In the gloom I could only just discern the outline of a building.
    在黑暗中我只能依稀分辨出一座建筑物的轮廓来.

2. In the breaking and remaking, in the timing, interweaving, beginning afresh, the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began.
    动笔前先列什么提纲。作家在剪裁修改、构思时间、穿插情节、以至从头重写的过程中,会领悟到素材中很多东西是他刚动笔时所未意识到的。

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