discern是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 看出, 察觉出; 辨出, 认出，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It hovers in the air far beyond the utmost limits of human sight, and its powers of vision are so great that it can discern the smallest objects on the earth beneath.
-- The phosphorescent furze emitted a faint light, by which he could discern three men examining marks on the ground, and one of the three was the blacksmith of Black Point.
-- For half a minute the starboard side of the vessel was turned toward them, and, in spite of the darkness, John could discern a line of foam which moaned and gleamed four fathoms away.
-- John could not discern the dark wood, but he knew it ought to be within two hundred feet.
-- At five o'clock John Mangles could discern a light smoke rising from it.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I could discern no others.'
-- I seemed to discern some signs of emotion upon the but-ler's white face.
-- Vaguely I could discern the black bank of the trees and the lighter expanse of the moor, for the moon was behind the clouds.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Little by little he began to look around him and discern the other guests.
-- It was impossible to discern in her now anything but a deep feeling for the spirit of the poem which she had undertaken to interpret.
-- 'There is much that might be improved in him,' said the prince, moderately, 'but he has some qualities which though amid them one cannot but discern a cunning nature reveal what is often a diverting intellect.'
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- During these excursions, which were not extended far from the brick-field, the hunters could discern the recent passage of animals of a large size, armed with powerful claws, but they could not recognize the species.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Climbing the eminence which lay between them and the spot they had left, the child could even discern the fluttering flags and white tops of booths; but no person was approaching towards them, and their resting-place was solitary and still.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.
-- Another effect I noticed, which was the passage of thick clouds which formed and vanished rapidly; but on reflection I understood that these seeming clouds were due to the varying thickness of the reeds at the bottom, and I could even see the fleecy foam which their broken tops multiplied on the water, and the shadows of large birds passing above our heads, whose rapid flight I could discern on the surface of the sea.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Once or twice she could discern a faint blush; but in general Charlotte wisely did not hear.
-- Elizabeth looked at Darcy to see how cordially he assent-ed to his cousin's praise; but neither at that moment nor at any other could she discern any symptom of love; and from the whole of his behaviour to Miss de Bourgh she derived this comfort for Miss Bingley, that he might have been just as likely to marry HER, had she been his relation.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I should have observed, that for an hour or more before they went off they were dancing, and I could easily discern their postures and gestures by my glass.
-- As soon as we came clear of the trees, which blind-ed us before, we saw clearly what had been the case, and how Friday had disengaged the poor guide, though we did not presently discern what kind of creature it was he had killed.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- By their uncertain light she thought she could discern it to be drawn by four horses; and this, while it told the excess of her poor mother's alarm, gave some explanation to such unexpected rapidity.
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