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discernment

/dih-surn-muhnt, -zurn-/US // dɪˈsɜrn mənt, -ˈzɜrn- //UK // (dɪˈsɜːnmənt) //

洞察力,鉴别力,辨别力,鉴别

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
    • : the act or an instance of discerning.

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Examples

  • It’s important to recognize that none of the people on Goodell’s staff had any special experience or magical discernment.

  • Since men were given the roles of politician and war-maker, it was equally convenient to believe that biology predisposed them to discernment and bravery.

  • But his essays show a man struggling to figure out the complexities of discernment and judgment.

  • His patience, discernment, and intelligence are much admired.

  • I felt I was in the presence of a strong, natural man, gifted with great discernment and ability but full also of human kindness.

  • It is the implication that there is a spiritual discernment which is distinct from mental discernment.

  • When a man talks about "spiritual discernment," he makes a tacit assertion which ought not to be allowed to pass unchallenged.

  • The faculty of reason, then, has excelled this boasted faculty of spiritual discernment in its own religious sphere.

  • It may be an idle fancy, but if that string is not a woven strand from some womans crowning glory, then I have no discernment.