1. 區(qū)分;辨別;分清
    If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different.

    e.g. Could he distinguish right from wrong?...
           他能分辨是非嗎？
    e.g. Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark...
           研究表明嬰兒通過辨別光亮和黑暗的區(qū)域來學(xué)會(huì)看東西。

2. (特質(zhì)或特征)使有別于
    A feature or quality that distinguishes one thing from another causes the two things to be regarded as different, because only the first thing has the feature or quality.

distinguish的近義詞

    e.g. There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms...
           音樂的某種特質(zhì)使其有別于所有其他藝術(shù)形式。
    e.g. The bird has no distinguishing features.
           這只鳥沒有明顯的特征。

3. 看出;聽出;辨別出
    If you can distinguish something, you can see, hear, or taste it although it is very difficult to detect.

    e.g. There were cries, calls. He could distinguish voices.
           有哭聲、喊聲——他能聽出不同的聲音。

4. 使出名;使受青睞
    If you distinguish yourself, you do something that makes you famous or important.

    e.g. Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar...
           在接下來的幾年里，他作為一名憲法研究領(lǐng)域最杰出的學(xué)者而聲名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng)。
    e.g. They distinguished themselves at the Battle of Assaye.
           他們?cè)诎⑸畱?zhàn)中一戰(zhàn)成名。