distinguish

1. V-T/V-I If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different. 辨別; 區(qū)分

Could he distinguish right from wrong?

他能辨別是非嗎？

Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark. 研究顯示嬰兒是通過區(qū)分明亮區(qū)域和黑暗區(qū)域來學會觀看的。

2. V-T A feature or quality that distinguishes one thing from another causes the two things to be regarded as different, because only the first thing has the feature or quality. 有別于

There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms. 音樂中一些因素使之有別于其他藝術(shù)形式。

3. V-T If you can distinguish something, you can see, hear, or taste it although it is very difficult to detect. 辨別出[正式]

There were cries, calls. He could distinguish voices. 有各種各樣的哭聲和叫喊聲。他能從中分辨出聲音。

4. V-T If you distinguish yourself, you do something that makes you famous or important. 使著名

Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar. 在隨后的幾年中，他作為憲法學的權(quán)威學者而享有盛譽。