distinguish
释义
To recognize or point out the difference between things.
区分，辨别
To be a feature that makes someone or something different from others.
使有别于，成为……的特征
To make oneself noticeable through excellence (distinguish oneself).
使杰出，使出众
词根拆分
词根派生dis-（分开）+ stinguere（刺）=「扎开来」。原始动作是给东西刻上不同的刺标以便彼此区分。这衍生出两层意思：distinguish A from B 是看出它们各自的刺标；distinguish yourself 是因成就被清楚地标出来、脱颖而出。
词根 stinct 还连着 42 个词常用搭配
- 1.distinguish between在……之间区分
- 2.distinguish from把……与……区分
- 3.hard to distinguish难以区分
- 4.distinguish oneself使自己出众
- 5.clearly distinguish清楚地区分
例句
- 1.
Young children sometimes struggle to distinguish fantasy from reality.
小孩子有时分不清幻想和现实。
- 2.
What distinguishes this restaurant is its handmade pasta.
这家餐厅与众不同之处在于它手工制作的意面。
- 3.
She distinguished herself as one of the best surgeons in the country.
她成为全国最优秀的外科医生之一，声名卓著。
易混词辨析
distinguish 和 differentiate 都表示「区分」，但 distinguish 偏向察觉已存在的差异（我能分辨这对双胞胎），differentiate 常指制造或形成差异（品牌使自己有别于他人、细胞分化）。看出差异 → distinguish；造成差异 → differentiate。