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distinguish1 verb distinguish between right and wrong 辨别是非The power of speech distinguishes humans from animals. 语言能力使得人类有别于动物。identifyI could not distinguish her words.distinguish ♦︎ differentiate ♦︎ tellThese words all mean to recognize the difference between two people or things. 这些词均表示区分或辨别两者的差异。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to distinguish / differentiate / tell A from B◆to distinguish / differentiate between A and B◆to easily distinguish / differentiate / tell sb / sth◆to clearly / sharply / carefully distinguish / differentiate sb / sth■ distinguish [intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) (rather formal) to recognize or show the difference between people or things 区分；辨别；分清◆At what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?儿童到什么年龄才能辨别是非？◆Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.有时候现实和幻想很难区分。 see also distinction ⇨ difference , discern ⇨ identify ■ differentiate / /ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪt/ / [intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) (rather formal, especially written) to distinguish between people or things 区分；区别；辨别◆She can just differentiate between light and dark.她勉强能区分明暗。◆Birds are able to differentiate colours.鸟类能够辨别不同的颜色。NOTE 辨析 Distinguish or differentiate?There is very little difference in meaning or use between these words. Distinguish is more frequent and more general; differentiate is slightly more formal, used more in scientific matters than in matters of human judgement. 这两个词在含义和用法上差别很小，只是distinguish更常用和宽泛，differentiate稍正式，更多用于科学问题而非人的判断◆differentiate between right and wrong ◆Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to differentiate. ■ tell (told, told) [transitive, no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to recognize the difference between two people or things 分辨；区分；辨认◆It was hard to tell the difference between the two versions.很难分辨出这两个版本有什么区别。◆I can't tell one twin from the other.我分不清这对双胞胎谁是谁。◆It's difficult to tell them apart.很难把他们区分开来。◆The kittens looked exactly alike－how could you tell which was which?这些小猫看上去一模一样，你怎么能分辨出哪只是哪只呢？ⓘ You say tell the difference between A and B (two things) or tell A and B apart, not 'tell between A and B'. 要说tell the difference between A and B或tell A and B apart，不能说tell between A and B◆It's difficult to tell between them. |