| 单词 | distinguish |
| 释义 | dis·tin·guish transitive verb 1. a. < able to distinguish normally confused sounds > b. obsolete 2. a. < the concept of culture … ties some phenomena and interpretations together; it dissimilates and distinguishes others — A.L.Kroeber > < he was slightly built, shy, deferential almost, with nothing in his dress to distinguish him from his workmen — G.S.Gale > < the church was distinguished by the absence of a tower > < a man distinguished by a shock of wild white hair > also < street lamps and lighted windows distinguish the hills and valleys that are obscured in the day by tenements and apartment houses — American Guide Series: New York City > b. < unable to distinguish the notes into anything more than high or low > c. < he has distinguished himself by negotiating a number of international trade agreements — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < the New Jersey Constitution is distinguished as one of the briefest in the country — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < men who had distinguished themselves in action in several significant battles > d. obsolete e. < once writers were a class apart, distinguished by ink-stained fingers, unkempt hair, and a predilection for drinking cheap wine in cellars — Edward Uhlan > < nothing distinguishes the taste of an age more clearly than the language which it admires — R.W.Southern > 3. a. < I glanced seaward … and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock — Scott Fitzgerald > < unable to distinguish road markings in the fog > b. < the examiner must be careful to distinguish the excitable individuals — H.G.Armstrong > 4. archaic 5. obsolete intransitive verb < a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar > Synonyms: < nothing more profoundly distinguishes the Hellenic from the modern view of life than the estimate in which women were held by the Greeks — G.L.Dickinson > < he must be taught to distinguish between the truth and his imagination — Mary Austin > < a child under four will hardly distinguish between yesterday and a week ago — Bertrand Russell > < Dr. Dunham distinguished between the terms public relations and publicity — T.F.Reidy > differentiate implies the possession of a distinguishing character or characters or the ascertainment of the differences between things easily confused < his immaculate appearance differentiates him from his fellow workers > < classes small enough to enable the teacher to differentiate the strong and the willing from the sluggards — C.H.Grandgent > < he differentiates industrial, political, and moral activities — D.S.Robinson > discriminate can imply the possession of obvious distinguishing characteristics < his gift of fine oratory discriminates him from other statesmen > but usually implies the power to discern differences, often slight, between similar things < irritated by the wasp's inability to discriminate a house from a tree — E.K.Brown > < no dictionary discriminates perfectly among these finely shaded distinctions in trade vocabularies — Ben Riker > demarcate, implying the literal setting of boundaries, can be used to suggest a distinguishing between things as if by marking them off < how shall we demarcate reproduction from growth — G.H.Lewes > • - distinguish of |
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