1. 词性
’discern’ 是一个动词，意为“辨别，分辨”，是及物动词，通常跟宾语连用。
2. 词源
’discern’ 来自于拉丁语“discernere”，意为“分离，辨别”，由“dis”（离开）和“cernere”（看到）两词组成。
3. 同义词
’discern’ 的同义词包括 distinguish, differentiate, discriminate, perceive, recognize 等。
4. 用法
’discern’可用于描述人类的感知能力，也可以描述人的思考过程及其结果。常用于陈述事实、表达观点、描述事件等。
5. 例句
1. She could discern the faint outline of a figure in the distance.（她感知到远处模糊的轮廓。）
2. It is difficult to discern any difference between the two products. （很难辨别两个产品之间的区别。）
3. He had keen powers of discernment and could tell at a glance who was lying.（他有敏锐的辨别能力，能一眼看出谁在说谎。）
4. The small print on the contract was hard to discern without a magnifying gl.（合同上的小字看不清楚，需要用放大镜。）
5. She could discern the faint scent of flowers in the air.（她能感觉到空气中微弱的花香。）
discern的意思是辨别、识别。
读音：di?s??n
例句：
1. It’s difficult to discern the truth from the rumors. (很难从谣言中辨别出。)
2. She could discern a hint of disappointment in his tone. (她能从他的语气中听出有些失望的意味。)
3. The painting was so old that it was hard to discern the details. (这幅画已经非常老了，细节已经很难辨认。)
discern在英语中代表”觉察出、分清”的意思，其中文解释还有”辨别”的意思，在线读音是[di’z?:n]，discern常被用作动词，在《牛津英汉双解词典》中，共找到80个与discern相关的例句。
1.觉察出
例句:Uh, if I discern this correctly, sir, this statement could be taken to mean, uh, nothing. (呃，如果我理解正确的话，先生 这个声明等于… 呃…)
2.分清
例句:I did discern a link between the murders, and then discussed them internally with other PSNI officers. (我确实先发现案件之间存在联系 I did discern a link between the murders, 然后与北爱尔兰警局的警官们 and then discussed them internally 进行了内部讨论 with other PSNI officers.)
3.辨别
例句:Like the fly that nourishes itself on death, I discern the specter of the grave in all its manifestations, from the grossest to the most rarified. (有若蚊蝇于死亡中滋养自身，吾见坟墓中幽魂之完形，无论最粗糙者抑或最精细者。)
4.辨明、辨别
例句:Judge from the audience can discern the face this role is a hero or bad, clever or stupid, weu-beloved or make people dislike. (翻译:内行的观众从脸谱上就可以分辨出这个角色是英雄还是坏人，聪明还是愚蠢，受人爱戴还是使人厌恶。)
discern一般作为动词使用，如在discern between(区别, 分辨(两物))、discern from(从…辨别)、discern’d([网络] 辨别)等常见短语中出现较多。
discern between区别, 分辨(两物)discern from从…辨别discern’d[网络] 辨别1. Like the fly that nourishes itself on death, I discern the specter of the grave in all its manifestations, from the grossest to the most rarified. (翻译:有若蚊蝇于死亡中滋养自身，吾见坟墓中幽魂之完形，无论最粗糙者抑或最精细者。)
2. Judge from the audience can discern the face this role is a hero or bad, clever or stupid, weu-beloved or make people dislike. (翻译:内行的观众从脸谱上就可以分辨出这个角色是英雄还是坏人，聪明还是愚蠢，受人爱戴还是使人厌恶。)
3. It seems it disabled your ability to discern, … between reality, memory and imaginative creations… (翻译:那不是很独特的事情 在现实，记忆，想象还有发明 所有的事情都是相同的)
4. Wolff could just discern them overhead, flying circles around the enemy pilots. (翻译:沃尔夫可以从头顶看到她们，在敌机周围盘旋飞行。)
5. The Ling realizes to put~to deaf the son is staring at him, rotated to discern her, in a moment again inclined lead eyes not to look her. (翻译:翎察觉到诛儿在盯着他，转眼看了一下她，马上又斜过眼睛不看她。)
6. But the thing that differentiates scientists is purely an artistic ability to discern what is a good idea, what is a beautiful idea, what is worth spending time on, and, most importantly, what is a problem that is sufficiently interesting, (翻译:但事情 区别于科学家 是纯粹的艺术表现能力 辨别什么是一个好主意，)
7. Most of the questions were easy, but a few were difficult enough to discern which respondents were highly knowledgeable. (翻译:大部分的问题都很容易，但是有一部分困难到能够辨别答题人的知识深度。)
8. I have at last understood this and am able to discern right and wrong (翻译:老天爷总算让我明白了 总算让我明白了是非善恶)
9. And I just lost my friend Rusty, and for reasons I will discern in time, believe me. (翻译:一个朋友Rusty 刚离我而去 我会及时查明)
10. When we label our emotions accurately, we are more able to discern the precise cause of our feelings. (翻译:当我们能够准确标识我们的情绪时， 我们才能更好地分辨出 我们产生这种感受的确切原因。)
11. It was difficult to discern that despite all the abstruse vocabulary the professor was really a charlatan. (翻译:很难辨明那个教授虽然有很多深奥的词汇，实际上却是一个冒充内行的人现代英汉词典。)
12. and they were able to discern, cog wheels that were interconnected, and gave us a very good depiction of what this thing was. (翻译:结果发现 齿轮是互相连接的 这就让我们了解到这东西到底是什么)
13. Dr, Lightman and his team study facial expressions and involuntary body language to discern when someone is lying, and why. (翻译:Lightman博士是世界一流的诈欺侦防专家，他的小组专门研究脸部表情和不自觉的身体语言，以识别某人是否正在说谎和那人说谎的原因。)
14. Her business tin be so good, more black and whites course that is all eastern Chuan City, discern on oneself’s this Qin Ye’s faces. (翻译:她的生意能那么好，更多都是东川市的黑白道，看在自己这个秦爷的面子上。)
15. Even if the information were to be divulged that the gold is still to be won, even if another crew could discern its specific location, even if they could refit rapidly enough to get out there ahead of you, (翻译:即使信息泄露了 谁能夺得金币仍凭各家本领 即使其他船队能辨别其具置)
discern作为动词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有d、discerned/p、discerned/3、discerns/i、discerning等。
