distinguish
英 [dɪ'stɪŋgwɪʃ]
美[dɪ'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]
- vt. 区分；辨别；使杰出，使表现突出
- vi. 区别，区分；辨别
英英释意
- 1. mark as different;
- "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
- 2. detect with the senses;
- "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"
- "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
- 3. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense;
- "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"
- 4. make conspicuous or noteworthy
- 5. identify as in botany or biology, for example
