discern, discriminate, distinguish
这些动词均有“区别、辨别”之意。
discern : 语义较笼统,着重精深与准确的观察力,不一定有能分辨关系密切的各项事物的含义。
I soon discerned that the man was lying.(我很快便察觉出这个人是在撒谎。)
discriminate : 语气强,指从十分相似的事物中辨出差异,尤其把好坏区分开来。
They can discriminate hundreds of colours.(他们能分辨上百种颜色。)
distinguish : 普通用词,指辨别者的能力或实际观察到的区别,强调辨别所需的技巧。
We can distinguish between gold and silver.(我们能区分金和银。)
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