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单词 discern
释义
discern
(dɪsɜːʳn )
Word forms: discerns , discerning , discerned
1. verb
If you can discern something, you are aware of it and know what it is. [formal]
You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend. [VERB noun]
It was hard to discern why this was happening. [VERB wh]
[Also VERB that]
2. verb
If you can discern something, you can just see it, but not clearly. [formal]
Below the bridge we could just discern a narrow, weedy ditch. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: see, perceive, make out, notice  
Collocations:
discern a pattern
It has been hard to discern a pattern through it all, never mind progress.
Times,Sunday Times
He was quick to discern a pattern.
Times, Sunday Times
Irritating as these seemingly random encounters seem, gradually you'll discern a pattern, one that's taking you into unknown yet potentially thrilling territory.
Times, Sunday Times
A confidence in the value of research, of seeing things as they are and trying to discern the pattern therein remain key engines of her writing.
The Times Literary Supplement
Participants work to discern the pattern.
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discern a shape
If one manages to discern their shape, and slowly make out their features, one can lose them immediately one takes one's eye off.
Times, Sunday Times
Help them to discern the shape of their calling.
Christianity Today
Only the two largest regular moons have been imaged with a resolution sufficient to discern their shapes and surface features.
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Translations:
Chinese: 认识
Japanese: 認識する
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