v.识别，察觉,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
discern (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to with the eyes - detect discerned a figure approaching through the fog
b) to detect with senses other than vision - discerned a strange odor
2.
to or identify as separate and - recognize distinct discriminate discern right from wrong
3.
intransitive verb
to come to know or recognize mentally - unable to discern his motives to see or understand the difference
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
discern (verb)1.
to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes
SYNONYMS:
behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, sight, spot, spy, view, witnessRELATED WORDS:
identify, make out, pick out, pick up; attend (to), consider, heed, mark, mind; study, watch; examine, inspect, scan, scrutinize, survey; glance (at), glimpse, peer (at)NEAR ANTONYMS:
disregard, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass over; miss, overlook2.
to understand or point out the difference in
SYNONYMS:
difference, differentiate, discern, discriminate, secern, separateRELATED WORDS:
contradistinguish; comprehend, grasp, know, understand; divide, part, sever; demarcate, mark (off), set offNEAR ANTONYMS:
confound, lump (together), mingle3.
to have a clear idea of
SYNONYMS:
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, conceive, cotton (to on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understandRELATED WORDS:
absorb, digest, take in; realize; fathom, penetrate, pierceNEAR ANTONYMS:
misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand