verb [with object] recognize or treat (someone or something) as different: be an identifying or characteristic mark or property of
verb [no object] perceive or point out a difference:
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例文
He is skilled at distinguishing sounds.
彼は音を聞き分ける能力に長けている。
Some people mistakenly believe that their power extends to their personal lives as they achieve a successful career. It seems like they can't distinguish between the public and the private.
verb [with object] Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different: make (someone or something) appear different or distinct: Technical make or become different in the process of growth or development:
verb [no object] (- between) identify differences between (two or more things or people)
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Could you differentiate the temple from the shrine?
あなたはお寺と神社の違いがわかりますか。
We differentiate our service by offering services at a high level that those large companies can not offer.
verb [with object] perceive or constitute the difference in or between:
verb [no object] Recognize a distinction; differentiate: Make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, sex, or age:
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They use religion as an excuse to discriminate against people.
彼らは 自らの信仰を言い訳に人々を差別する。
Those people have been discriminated against their disease which is called ''leprosy''.
彼らはハンセン病による差別に悩まされてきた。
tell
/ tel/
他動詞
自動詞
ニュアンス
見分ける
解説
tellはapartやfromなどの副詞を伴うことで見分けるという意味になるカジュアルな単語 です。イディオムとしては「tell A apart (Aを見分ける)」や「tell A from B(AとBを見分ける)」などがあります。他の単語に比べ文語的より口語的と捉えておきましょう。
phrasal verbs (- apart) distinguish or separate one from another: