v.辨别；看出；察觉
Sometimes it's not easy to discern between the true and the false. 有时辨别真伪并不容易。
He was just able to discern the road in the dark. 他在黑暗中勉强能辨出道路。
They can discern me in spite of the fog. 虽然有雾，但他们能认得出我。
I soon discerned that the man was lying. 我马上察觉出那人在撒谎。
We could discern from his appearance that he was upset. 我们从他的样子可以察觉出他不快。
discern的基本意思是“看见”,指用双眼看出某事物来,用于引申,可指对感觉到的东西具有深刻的理解和辨别力。
discern可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,作及物动词时,后面可接名词、代词或that从句。
