| 单词 | distinguish |
| 释义 | distinguish (once / 73 pages) v To distinguish means to tell apart. If you win the lottery, you’re going to need to learn to distinguish between people who really like you and people who like your money. To distinguish is to discern, which means to perceive or recognize the way something differs from what’s around it. It takes discerning taste buds to distinguish between Coke and Pepsi. Distinguish also means to separate yourself out from the pack, usually in a good way. You might distinguish yourself at a Comics Convention with your encyclopedic knowledge of Krazy Kat. WORD FAMILYdistinguish: distinguishable, distinguished, distinguishes, distinguishing+/distinguishable: distinguishably, indistinguishable, undistinguishable/distinguished: distinguishedly, undistinguished/indistinguishable: indistinguishability, indistinguishably/undistinguishable: undistinguishably USAGE EXAMPLESShe said that distinguishes the brand from standard wine advertising, which involves bottles “in the kitchen with cheese.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Of course, there's a lot of crud too - the challenge is to distinguish the potential hits from the glitch-ridden flops. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Many great football coaches are distinguished by specific philosophical bents. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v mark as different We distinguish several kinds of maple Syn|Hypo|Hyper differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart know be able to distinguish, recognize as being different discriminate, know apartrecognize or perceive the difference labeldistinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions labeldistinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom sextell the sex (of young chickens) individualise, individualizemake or mark or treat as individual contrastput in opposition to show or emphasize differences severalise, severalizedistinguish or separate contradistinguishdistinguish by contrasting qualities decouple, dissociateregard as unconnected demarcateseparate clearly, as if by boundaries discriminate, separate, single outtreat differently on the basis of sex or race stratifydivide society into social classes or castes insulate, isolateplace or set apart subtilizemark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words hive offremove from a group and make separate segregateseparate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation redlinediscriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood disadvantage, disfavor, disfavourput at a disadvantage; hinder, harm identify, place recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something 2v make conspicuous or noteworthy Syn|Hypo|Hyper signalise, signalize singularise, singularize distinguish as singular mark designate as if by a mark 3v be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense His modesty distinguishes him from his peers Syn|Hypo|Hyper differentiate, mark mark designate as if by a mark characterise, characterize be characteristic of individuategive individual character to definedetermine the nature of characterise, characterize, qualify describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 4v detect with the senses Syn|Hypo discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart resolve make clearly visible discriminatedistinguish 5v identify as in botany or biology, for example Syn describe, discover, identify, key, key out, name |
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