discerning 音标拼音: [dɪs'ɚnɪŋ]
a . 有识别力的;敏锐的
有识别力的;敏锐的
discerning adj 1 :
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment ; "
a discerning critic "; "
a discerning reader " [
ant :
{
undiscerning }]
2 :
unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic ; "
a discerning editor "; "
a discreet silence " [
synonym : {
discerning }, {
discreet }]
3 :
quick to understand ; "
a kind and apprehensive friend "-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [
synonym : {
apprehensive }, {
discerning }]
4 :
able to make or detect effects of great subtlety ;
sensitive ;
"
discerning taste "; "
a discerning eye for color "
Discern \
Dis *
cern "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Discerned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Discerning }.] [
F .
discerner ,
L .
discernere ,
discretum ;
dis -
cernere to separate ,
distinguish .
See {
Certain },
and cf . {
Discreet }.]
1 .
To see and identify by noting a difference or differences ;
to note the distinctive character of ;
to discriminate ;
to distinguish .
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To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms .
--
Boyle .
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A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone . --
Robynson (
More '
s Utopia ).
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2 .
To see by the eye or by the understanding ;
to perceive and recognize ;
as ,
to discern a difference .
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And [
I ]
beheld among the simple ones ,
I discerned among the youths ,
a young man void of understanding .
--
Prov .
vii .
7 .
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Our unassisted sight . . .
is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects .
--
Beattie .
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I wake ,
and I discern the truth . --
Tennyson .
Syn :
To perceive ;
distinguish ;
discover ;
penetrate ;
discriminate ;
espy ;
descry ;
detect .
See {
Perceive }.
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Discerning \
Dis *
cern "
ing \,
a .
Acute ;
shrewd ;
sagacious ;
sharp -
sighted . --
Macaulay .
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31 Moby Thesaurus words for "
discerning ":
acute ,
apperceptive ,
appercipient ,
argute ,
astute ,
cogent ,
farseeing ,
farsighted ,
foreseeing ,
foresighted ,
forethoughted ,
forethoughtful ,
gnostic ,
incisive ,
insightful ,
judicious ,
knowing ,
knowledgeable ,
longheaded ,
longsighted ,
penetrating ,
perceptive ,
percipient ,
perspicacious ,
perspicuous ,
piercing ,
provident ,
sagacious ,
sage ,
trenchant ,
understanding
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