be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
make conspicuous or noteworthy
identify as in botany or biology, for example
双语例句
1. Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark.
研究显示婴儿是通过区分明亮区域和黑暗区域来学会观看的。
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2. Plants are also capable of distinguishing between different wavelengths of light.
植物也有能力区分不同波长的光。
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3. The men and women of Anglo-Saxon England normally bore one name only. Distinguishing epithets were rarely added.
盎格鲁-撒克逊人无论男女通常只有一个名字,很少加上用于区分的称呼。
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4. A conclusion has been drawn from many experiments that anumeric people have a hard time distinguishing quantities.
从许多实验中得出的结论是,(语言中)没有数词的人很难区分数量。
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5. Another difference, very important today for distinguishing between older lake beds and newer ones, is the location of the limestone formations.
如今在区分新老湖床方面非常重要的另一个不同点在于石灰岩地层的位置。
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6. Particularly, in the younger strata the rocks were often so similar that he had trouble distinguishing the strata, but he never had trouble telling the fossils apart.
7. A new study suggests that the conversational pace of everyday life may be so brisk it hampers the ability of some children for distinguishing discrete sounds and words.