詞彙精選：discern的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
領悟，認識；理解，瞭解 [I,T]
例句：
It is difficult to discern the truth.
很難了解真相。
例句：
We should learn to discern and analyze the essentials of complicated questions.
我們應該學會認識和分析複雜問題的本質。
識別，辨別 [I,T]
例句：
By this time it was less easy to discern a single cubist school.
這時已不大容易識別出一個單獨存在的立體學派。
例句：
Give us the power to discern clearly right from wrong.
賜給我們力量以清楚地分辨出對和錯。
二、詞義辨析：
discern,discriminate,distinguish
這些動詞均有“區別、辨別”之意。discern語義較籠統，着重精深與準確的觀察力，不一定有能分辨關係密切的各項事物的含義。 discriminate語氣強，指從十分相似的事物中辨出差異，尤其把好壞區分開來。distinguish普通用詞，指辨別者的能力或實際觀察到的區別，強調辨別所需的技巧。
三、參考例句：
It is difficult to discern the truth.
很難了解真相。
We could discern from his appearance that he was upset.
我們從他的樣子可以察覺出他不快。
He could discern a faint light ahead in the forest.
他能看到前面森林裏有一線微弱的燈光。
Give us the power to discern clearly right from wrong.
賜給我們力量以清楚地分辨出對和錯。
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築物的輪廓來.
He was just able to discern the road from the dark.
他在黑暗中只能勉強辨認出道路。
I could but just discern the frowning line of the opposite cliffs.
我只能大致辨別出對面起伏不平的峭壁輪廓。
We should learn to discern and analyze the essentials of complicated questions.
我們應該學會認識和分析複雜問題的本質。
By this time it was less easy to discern a single cubist school.
這時已不大容易識別出一個單獨存在的立體學派。
In the dark 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築物的輪廓來｡
