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单词 distinguish
释义
distinguish
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v

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.
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.
WORD FAMILY
distinguish: distinguishable, distinguished, distinguishes, distinguishing+/distinguishable: distinguishably, indistinguishable, undistinguishable/distinguished: distinguishedly, undistinguished/indistinguishable: indistinguishability, indistinguishably/undistinguishable: undistinguishably
USAGE EXAMPLES
She said that distinguishes the brand from standard wine advertising, which involves bottles “in the kitchen with cheese.”
Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)
Of course, there's a lot of crud too - the challenge is to distinguish the potential hits from the glitch-ridden flops.
BBC(Jan 01, 2017)
Many great football coaches are distinguished by specific philosophical bents.
New York Times(Jan 01, 2017)
1v mark as different
We distinguish several kinds of maple
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart
know
be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
discriminate, know apart
recognize or perceive the difference
label
distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
label
distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
sex
tell the sex (of young chickens)
individualise, individualize
make or mark or treat as individual
contrast
put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
severalise, severalize
distinguish or separate
contradistinguish
distinguish by contrasting qualities
decouple, dissociate
regard as unconnected
demarcate
separate clearly, as if by boundaries
discriminate, separate, single out
treat differently on the basis of sex or race
stratify
divide society into social classes or castes
insulate, isolate
place or set apart
subtilize
mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words
hive off
remove from a group and make separate
segregate
separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
redline
discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood
disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour
put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
identify, place
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
2v make conspicuous or noteworthy
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
signalise, signalize
singularise, singularize
distinguish as singular
mark
designate as if by a mark
3v be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
differentiate, mark
mark
designate as if by a mark
characterise, characterize
be characteristic of
individuate
give individual character to
define
determine the nature of
characterise, characterize, qualify
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
4v detect with the senses
Syn|Hypo
discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart
resolve
make clearly visible
discriminate
distinguish
5v identify as in botany or biology, for example
Syn
describe, discover, identify, key, key out, name
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