vt.区分;区别对待
vi.辨别;差别对待
Can you discriminate good books from bad? 你能区别好书与坏书吗?
Death does not discriminate; it comes to everyone. 死亡对每个人都一视同仁,它会降临到每个人的身上。
He is able to discriminate good book from bad. 他具有区分优秀图书与低劣图书的能力。
People should not be discriminated against. 人们不应该被区别对待。
It is unfair to discriminate between black people and white people. 区别对待黑人与白人是不公平的。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)You must learn to discriminate between things. 你必须学会区别事物。
It's important to teach children to discriminate between right and wrong. 教育小孩区分是非很重要。
Our teacher never discriminates in favor of brighter pupils. 我们的老师从不给优生以特殊对待。
criminate的意思是separate,前缀dis-的意思是apart。discriminate的基本意思是“分别,区分,区别对待”,可用作不及物动词或及物动词,用于及物动词时,后可接名词或代词作宾语。
discriminate后接介词against,可表示“歧视”; 后接介词between或from,可表示“区分”。
discriminate作“有差别地对待”解时,多用于不及物动词。
discriminate作“区别,辨别”解时,“discriminate A and B”等同于“discriminate A from B”。例如: 你应当辨别出正确和错误。正:You ought to discriminate right and wrong.正:You ought to discriminate right from wrong.