v.辨別；看出；察覺

Sometimes it's not easy to discern between the true and the false. 有時(shí)辨別真?zhèn)尾⒉蝗菀住?!--www.www.sigorfond.com 中小學(xué)英語網(wǎng)-->

He was just able to discern the road in the dark. 他在黑暗中勉強(qiáng)能辨出道路。

They can discern me in spite of the fog. 雖然有霧，但他們能認(rèn)得出我。

I soon discerned that the man was lying. 我馬上察覺出那人在撒謊。

We could discern from his appearance that he was upset. 我們從他的樣子可以察覺出他不快。

discern的基本意思是“看見”,指用雙眼看出某事物來,用于引申,可指對(duì)感覺到的東西具有深刻的理解和辨別力。

discern可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞,作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),后面可接名詞、代詞或that從句。