discern

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第三人稱單數(shù):?discerns;過去式:?discerned;過去分詞:?discerned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?discerning;形容詞:?discernible;

discern 識別

dis-, 分開，散開。-cern, 分開，詞源同concern, certain. 即分散開，識別。

discern: discern: [14] Discern, discreet, discrete, and discriminate all come ultimately from the same source, Latin discernere, literally ‘separate by sifting’, hence ‘distinguish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘a(chǎn)part’ and cernere ‘sift, separate’ (source of English crime and secret and related to crisis).

The derived noun discrīmen formed the basis of a new Latin verb discrīmināre, from which English gets discriminate [17]. (Closely related is decree [14], whose ultimate source is Latin dēcernere ‘decide’, also a derivative of cernere but with the prefix dē-, denoting removal.)
=> certain, crime, crisis, decree, discreet, discrete, discriminate, excrement, secret
discern (v.): late 14c., from Old French discerner (13c.) "distinguish (between), separate" (by sifting), and directly from Latin discernere "to separate, set apart, divide, distribute; distinguish, perceive," from dis- "off, away" (see dis-) + cernere "distinguish, separate, sift" (see crisis). Related: Discerned; discerning.

1. Below the bridge we could just discern a narrow, weedy ditch.: 我們僅能依稀辨出橋下一條雜草叢生的窄溝。

2. It is possible to discern a number of different techniques in her work.: 從她的作品中可以識別出許多不同的創(chuàng)作手法。

3. Some people find it difficult to discern blue from green.: 有些人很難分辨藍(lán)色與綠色.

5. It is easy to discern a connection between high rents and the lack of housing.: 顯而易見,高房租和住房缺乏是彼此相關(guān)的.