单词 | discern |
释义 | dis·cern transitive verb 1. a. < could discern a narrow path winding up the mountainside > < a convoy of 30 vessels was discerned this morning by our forces — Sir Winston Churchill > b. < discerned a strange unfamiliar odor in the room > < discerned the muffled sobbing of a child > 2. < the inductive apprehension of a truth imperfectly discerned — B.N.Cardozo > < the ability to discern and analyze the essentials of complicated questions — K.C.Wheare > 3. a. obsolete b. < discern right from wrong > < discern the false from the genuine > intransitive verb < discern between good and evil > Synonyms: see see |
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