英语词汇“discernible”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdiscern

Origin:

1300-1400 Latin discernere ‘to separate’, from cernere ‘to sift’

VERB TABLE

discern

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	discern
	he, she, it	discerns
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	discerned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have discerned
	he, she, it	has discerned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had discerned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will discern
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have discerned

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Politicians are good at discerning public opinion.
The telescope can discern objects incredibly distant in space.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Lucas claims that such a relationship can be discerned in his data.
Only a few large, blotchy markings could be discerned by telescopic observers.
Presently, Cleo was able to discern the rattle of gentle snoring coming from the adjoining room.
The study of structure and function will to some extent discern similarities of process in these movements.
The wish to discern a framework for the Earth itself is something which dates back at least to the time of Ptolemy.
Then, discerning an unfilled need, he started a cigar-box company in the heart of the Southern Ontario tobacco fields.
There are many other issues where this same pattern can be discerned.
Two distinct trends may be discerned, though the same writer may work in both conventions.

THESAURUS► recognize

to know who someone is or what something is, especially because you have seen or heard them before: · I hadn’t seen her for ten years, but I recognized her immediately.· Do you recognize this song?

► identify

to recognize someone or something and say who or what they are: · As they came closer, I was able to identify two of the group.· It’s delicious but I can’t quite identify the taste.

► distinguish

to recognize and understand the difference between two or more things or people: · By this age, kids can usually distinguish between right and wrong.· It’s often difficult to distinguish identical twins from each other.

► make something/somebody out

to be able to see or hear something or someone – used when it is very difficult to do this: · In the distance, I could just make out the outline of an island.· He whispered something but I couldn’t make out what it was.

► discern

formal to notice or understand something by looking carefully or thinking about it carefully: · I thought I discerned a faint gleam of hope in his eyes.· A number of differences can be discerned in the data for the three countries.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► could just discern

We could just discern a town in the distance.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► where

· From what you've seen as both founder and trustee, can you discern where art-philanthropy might be heading?

NOUN► pattern

· At best, we can discern a pattern in the cases and views expressed about them.· Quite a variety of tasks can be undertaken, but most of them relate somehow to an ability to discern patterns.· Respectability and social control Changes can be discerned in family patterns by the end of the century.· Can we discern contemporary patterns of shared accommodation between kin which might also be the result of such pressures?· And here, as at more specific levels of religious conceptualization, we can again discern logical patterns and relationships.· And in every case a perceptive manager should be able to discern a clear pattern.