| 单词 | distinguish |
| 释义 | distinguish (dɪstɪŋgwɪʃ ) Word forms: distinguishes , distinguishing , distinguished 1. verb B2 If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different. Could he distinguish right from wrong? [VERB noun + from] Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark. [V + between] It is necessary to distinguish the policies of two successive governments. [VERB noun] Synonyms: differentiate, determine, separate, discriminate 2. verb B2 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. There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms. [VERB noun + from] The bird has no distinguishing features. [VERB-ing] 3. verb B2 If you can distinguish something, you can see, hear, or taste it although it is very difficult to detect. [formal] There were cries, calls. He could distinguish voices. [VERB noun] 4. verb If you distinguish yourself, you do something that makes you famous or important. Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar. [V pron-refl + as] They distinguished themselves at the Battle of Assaye. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] Collocations: distinguishing feature The two kinds of slumps have another distinguishing feature. The Guide to Greatness in Sales (1994) But some became a general target, usually because of some particularly distinguishing feature, like colour or a speech impediment. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001) Translations: Chinese: 辨别 Japanese: 区別する |
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