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Distinguish   [V Verb 动词 N Means Thing Learn

英语单词 distinguish
英美音标 英 [dɪ'stɪŋɡwɪʃ] 美 [dɪ'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]
中文释义 vt.区别;辨认;使显著
英语例句 (1) Speeches distinguish human beings from animals.
(2) It's important to distinguish fact from fiction.
(3) The twins were so much alike that it was impossible to distinguish one from the other.
(4) We should distinguish between right and wrong.
(5) She distinguished herself by her coolness and bravery.
中文例句 (1) 人类和动物的区别在于人会说话。
(2) 把现实与虚构区分开来是很重要的。
(3) 这对孪生子像得使人无法分辨。
(4) 我们应辨别是非。
(5) 她因头脑冷静、敢作敢为而为人称道。
vocabulary简明 To distinguish means to tell apart. If you win the lottery, you’re going to need to learn to distinguish between people who really like you and people who like your money.
vocabulary扩展 To distinguish is to discern, which means to perceive or recognize the way something differs from what’s around it. It takes discerning taste buds to distinguish between Coke and Pepsi. Distinguish also means to separate yourself out from the pack, usually in a good way. You might distinguish yourself at a Comics Convention with your encyclopedic knowledge of Krazy Kat.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]区分;辨别;分清 If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different.
  [V n from n]
  [V between pl-n]
  [V pl-n]
  • Could he distinguish right from wrong?...

    他能分辨是非吗?

  • Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark...

    研究表明婴儿通过辨别光亮和黑暗的区域来学会看东西。

  • It is necessary to distinguish the policies of two successive governments.

    分清前后两届政府的政策很有必要。

2
[VERB 动词](特质或特征)使有别于 A feature or quality that distinguishes one thing from another causes the two things to be regarded as different, because only the first thing has the feature or quality.
  [V n from n]
  [V-ing]
  • There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms...

    音乐的某种特质使其有别于所有其他艺术形式。

  • The bird has no distinguishing features.

    这只鸟没有明显的特征。

3
[VERB 动词]看出;听出;辨别出 If you can distinguish something, you can see, hear, or taste it although it is very difficult to detect.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • There were cries, calls. He could distinguish voices.

    有哭声、喊声——他能听出不同的声音。

4
[VERB 动词]使出名;使受青睐 If you distinguish yourself, you do something that makes you famous or important.
  [V pron-refl as n]
  [V pron-refl]
  • Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar...

    在接下来的几年里,他作为一名宪法研究领域最杰出的学者而声名远扬。

  • They distinguished themselves at the Battle of Assaye.

    他们在阿瑟耶之战中一战成名。

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