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distinguish

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￼牛津8￼ dis•tin•guishBrE /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/￼NAmE /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/￼verb￼1 [intransitive, transitive] to recognize the difference between two people or things￼ differentiate￼~ between A and B At what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?￼ English law clearly distinguishes between murder and manslaughter.￼~ A from B It was hard to distinguish one twin from the other.￼~ A and B Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.￼ We can distinguish five meanings of the word ‘mad’.￼2 [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) ~ A (from B) to be a characteristic that makes two people, animals or things different￼What was it that distinguished her from her classmates?￼ The male bird is distinguished from the female by its red beak.￼ Does your cat have any distinguishing marks?￼ The power of speech distinguishes human beings from animals.3 [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) ~ sth to be able to see or hear sth￼ differentiate, make out￼ I could not distinguish her words, but she sounded agitated.￼ She could not distinguish the make and colour of the car in the fading light.4 [transitive] ~ yourself (as sth) to do sth so well that people notice and admire you￼She has already distinguished herself as an athlete.￼ dis•tin•guish•able/BrE ￼dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbl; NAmE ￼dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbl/adjective￼~ (from sb/sth) The male bird is easily distinguishable from the female.￼ The coast was barely distinguishable in the mist.

Distinguish Distinguished People Hard Progressive Tenses) ~ Male Bird