一、详细释义：


v.

领悟，认识；理解，了解 [I,T]


例句：

It is difficult to discern the truth.

很难了解真相。


例句：

We should learn to discern and analyze the essentials of complicated questions.

我们应该学会认识和分析复杂问题的本质。


识别，辨别 [I,T]


例句：

By this time it was less easy to discern a single cubist school.

这时已不大容易识别出一个单独存在的立体学派。


例句：

Give us the power to discern clearly right from wrong.

赐给我们力量以清楚地分辨出对和错。


二、词义辨析：


discern,discriminate,distinguish

这些动词均有“区别、辨别”之意。 discern语义较笼统，着重精深与准确的观察力，不一定有能分辨关系密切的各项事物的含义。 discriminate语气强，指从十分相似的事物中辨出差异，尤其把好坏区分开来。 distinguish普通用词，指辨别者的能力或实际观察到的区别，强调辨别所需的技巧。


三、参考例句：


It is difficult to discern the truth.

很难了解真相。


We could discern from his appearance that he was upset.

我们从他的样子可以察觉出他不快。


He could discern a faint light ahead in the forest.

他能看到前面森林里有一线微弱的灯光。


Give us the power to discern clearly right from wrong.

赐给我们力量以清楚地分辨出对和错。


In the gloom I could only just discern the outline of a building.

在黑暗中我只能依稀分辨出一座建筑物的轮廓来.


He was just able to discern the road from the dark.

他在黑暗中只能勉强辨认出道路。


I could but just discern the frowning line of the opposite cliffs.

我只能大致辨别出对面起伏不平的峭壁轮廓。


We should learn to discern and analyze the essentials of complicated questions.

我们应该学会认识和分析复杂问题的本质。


By this time it was less easy to discern a single cubist school.

这时已不大容易识别出一个单独存在的立体学派。


In the dark I could only just discern the outline of a building.

在黑暗中我只能依稀分辨出一座建筑物的轮廓来｡