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discerning

/dih-sur-ning, -zur-/US // dɪˈsɜr nɪŋ, -ˈzɜr- //UK // (dɪˈsɜːnɪŋ) //

有眼光的,敏锐的洞察力,辨别力强的,敏锐的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.discriminating

Examples

  • If you are trying to be more discerning, the spreadsheet put together by Prussin and Marr, as well as one put together by mechanical engineer Aaron Collins, offer specific recommendations.

  • Dogs, we are told, have more discerning senses of smell and hearing than we do, and birds of prey can see a rodent scurrying in the grass from hundreds of feet away.

  • As a result, startup founders are trying to become more discerning about venture funding, rather than viewing it merely as free money.

  • Surely there needs to be some kind of discerning critical judgment involved?

  • What makes Islam so tricky that it trips up even the usually more discerning among us?

  • At the very least, the fickle and discerning moviegoer is getting a vibrant diagnosis: healthier than ever.

  • A more vexing problem is discerning the suicide attempt from the accidental overdose.

  • So many good singers that you, as an audience member, find yourself starting to become discerning.

  • The early recognition of pictured objects, of which certain animals have a measure, is often strikingly discerning.

  • Had she, so observant, so discerning in her fastidious taste—had she failed to notice the small detail too?

  • Discerning a dark object among the branches, he shrinks back, crosses stage, and goes out through the wood to the left.

  • After dinner, the discerning eye of the co-mother-in-law divines the work of darkness.

  • It was, she knew, a precious privilege to know a poet, and to see the natural and spiritual worlds through his discerning eyes.