discern
美 [dɪˈsɜrn] 
英 [dɪˈsɜː(r)n]
词形变化
第三人称单数：discerns 现在分词：discerning 过去式：discerned 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 觉察出；识别；了解to know, recognize or understand sth, especially sth that is not obvious |
| It is possible to discern a number of different techniques in her work. 从她的作品中可以辨别出许多不同的创作手法。 |
| He discerned a certain coldness in their welcome. 他觉察到他们的接待有点冷淡。 |
| It is often difficult to discern how widespread public support is. 了解公众支持的广泛程度常常是困难的。 |
| I quickly discerned that something was wrong. 我很快觉察到出了问题。 |
2. | ~ sth （依稀）看出，分辨出，听出to see or hear sth, but not very clearly |
| We could just discern the house in the distance. 我们只能勉强分辨出远处的房子。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
The only difference I could discern was that the dream tree had an energy to it that made it feel slightly more alive than a real tree.
我认识到的唯一不同点就是这棵梦里的树有着某种能量，使它比现实里的树鲜活一点点。
The Ling realizes to put~to deaf the son is staring at him, rotated to discern her, in a moment again inclined lead eyes not to look her.
翎察觉到诛儿在盯着他，转眼看了一下她，马上又斜过眼睛不看她。
He was just able to discern the road from the dark.
他在黑暗中只能勉强辨认出道路。
As he shows, in places where "the past is not even past" , the passage of time does not always make it easier to discern or speak the truth.
如他所展现的那样，在“过去甚至没有过去”的地方，时光并没有让它轻易地辨别出历史，说出真相。
It is not easy to discern when to hold back and when to get involved in a potentially sticky situation.
要辨别何时该忍住，何时又该介入一个可能棘手的情况并不容易。
He was just able to discern the road in the dark.
他在黑暗中勉强能辨出道路。
On iPhone what each individual app will share about you is often quite tough to discern.
用IPhone，你很难辨别哥哥独立的应用将会共享你的什么信息。
The Church's part was to discern the canon which God had created, not to devise one of its own.
教会的责任，是要辨认出神已经创作的正典，并非由自己另订安排一套正典。
It was so dark outside that I was just able to discern the road in the dark.
外面一片漆黑，我在黑暗中勉强能分辨出道路。
Look, I shall tell my son, look closely at your noble uncle and you will be able to discern the shimmer of his halo.
瞧，我要告诉儿子说，好好看看你那高贵的舅舅，你将要看见他头上闪烁的光环。
The face of the sky you know how to discern, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.
你们知道分辨天色，倒不能分辨这时期的神迹。
The language's compiler can discern quite a bit of type information from the context, without explicit type annotations.
即使没有显示的类型注解，语言的编译器仍可以从上下文中分辨出相当多的类型信息。
In trying to discern the causes for such revolutionary changes in literary standards the historian sees through a glass darkly.
在试图认清文学标准的这种革命变化的原因时，历史学家戴着眼镜，看不清楚。
The difference is actually quite easy to discern and it is why the mineral kingdom chooses to speak to it in a straight forward manner.
这个区别事实上是非常容易来鉴别的，这也就是为什么矿石王国选择来将它直接讲出的缘故。
But I at least was unable to discern any difference between Mrs. Scott and an ideal Indian wife.
但是，至少我在司各特太太和理想中的印度贤妻良母之间，看不出任何差别。
Hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the earth and of the sky. How is it then that you do not discern this time?
假冒为善的人哪，你们知道分辨天地的气色，怎么不知道分辨这时期？
It is one thing to discern attractive opportunities and to be able to take advantage of these opportunities.
是用来辨别看清楚是否可以抓住机会，利用机会
It is often difficult to discern the truth of an event from a newspaper report.
要从报纸的报导去辨别一个事件的事实性常是困难的。
Even if one considers something as ostensibly simple as the choice of prime minister, the electorate's intention is not easy to discern.
即使像选总理这种貌似简单的事情，选民的意图也不容易认清。
Trying to discern an animal's thought processes on the basis of its behaviour is notoriously tricky and subjective at the best of times.
试图根据动物的行为洞悉它们的心理过程在情况最好的时候也是十分棘手且主观的。
Married men of forty are usually ready generous enough to fling glances at any specimen of moderate beauty they may discern by the way.
四十岁的已婚男人通常都会毫不迟疑也毫不吝惜地朝他在路上偶尔看见的任何一个略有几分姿色的女人匆匆扫上几眼。
Undazzled by their splendor, one may discern more easily their individualities and the spirit of their time.
他们的光芒不会令人炫目，于是人们可以更容易地辨别他们的个性，认识他们时代的精神。
Most of the questions were easy, but a few were difficult enough to discern which respondents were highly knowledgeable.
大部分的问题都很容易，但是有一部分困难到能够辨别答题人的知识深度。
Wolff could just discern them overhead, flying circles around the enemy pilots.
沃尔夫可以从头顶看到她们，在敌机周围盘旋飞行。
The amount of chemicals absorbed is thought to be so minute that they would be difficult to discern through testing.
被吸收的化学物质被认为是很少量，难以通过检测识别。
The book is like a silent world, let me discern good and evil, the United States, ugly.
书像一个无声的世界，让我辨清善，恶，美，丑。
Cardamom is an oil who's scent will open you up to your inner world or dream time to better discern your own truth in the dance of life.
小豆蔻精油的香味将你打开到你的内在世界或梦想时间，以更好甄别你自己生命之舞中的真相。
Many presenters get distracted by trying to discern the intention behind questions or comments.
很多陈述人试图分辨出问题背后的含义，而被分散了注意力。
Some people who enter a deep meditative state of consciousness are able to discern a fourth pyramid, in the foreground of the other three.
某些可以进入冥想状态的或具有整体意识知觉的人，在其它三个金字塔很醒目的位置上能够清楚地看见第四个金字塔。
Only when he thought himself unobserved could one discern the underlying melancholy and frustration.
只有在他以为人们不注意的时候，才能看出蕴藏在他心底的忧郁和懊丧的心情。
Her business tin be so good, more black and whites course that is all eastern Chuan City, discern on oneself's this Qin Ye's faces.
她的生意能那么好，更多都是东川市的黑白道，看在自己这个秦爷的面子上。
But grain experts said that it would be hard to discern quickly whether China was buying more wheat from the United States.
但是，粮食专家说，还不能迅速判断中国是否正在从美国购买更多的小麦。
It is, however, hard to discern experimentation for genuine scientific inquiry from that of malicious indulgence.
然而，这很难辨别他是在为真正科学还是恶意的放任做实验。
insight The capacity to discern the true nature of a situation; penetration.
洞察力，穿透力：辨明某种情况真正性质的能力；心智的敏锐。
I could discern that he was grumbling at me and to be sorry for you.
看得出他在埋怨我、惋惜你。
When an activist VP deliberately keeps the president in the dark, it can be difficult to discern where the buck really stops.
当一个副总统是积极分子并故意想把总统蒙在鼓里时，人们很难知道他的野心到什么时候才会停止。
Though there is no evidence that the general Palestinian mood is becoming violent, they discern a distinct rise in radicalism.
尽管没有证据表明巴勒斯坦人的情绪变得暴躁和极端，但他们清楚地看到巴勒斯坦内部正在上升的极端主义。
Alas, if he discern such sinfulness in his own white soul, what horrid spectacle would he behold in thine or mine!
既然他在自己洁白的灵魂中都能觉察出这样的罪孽，那他在你我心中又会看到多么骇人的样子呢！
We always want what is advantageous to us but we do not always discern it.
我们总是要求对自己有利，却不能洞悉其中的玄奥。
If there is a sufficiently large stream of data over time, the device can discern a small bit of pattern.
如果随着时间的过去它收集到了足够大的数据流量，这个设备就能从中分辨出一小点模式。
Married men of forty are usually ready generous enough to fling glances at any specimen of moderate beauty they may discern by the way.
四十岁的已婚男人通常都会毫不迟疑也毫不吝惜地朝他在路上偶尔看见的任何一个略有几分姿色的女人匆匆扫上几眼。
Once or twice she could discern a faint blush, but in general Charlotte wisely did not hear.
夏绿蒂有一两次被她看得微微脸红了，不过一般总是很聪明地装作没有听见。
