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。
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。
