differentiate经典引文

1. mark as different;

   "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
   

2. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense;

   "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
   

3. calculate a derivative; take the derivative
4. become different during development;

   "cells differentiate"
   

5. evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
6. become distinct and acquire a different character

1.区分;区别;辨别
If youdifferentiate between things or if youdifferentiate one thingfrom another, you recognize or show the difference between them.

e.g. A child may notdifferentiate between his imagination and the real world...
儿童可能无法将自己的幻想与真实世界区分开来。
e.g. At this age your baby cannotdifferentiate one person from another.
这个年龄的婴儿还不能认人。

2.使有差别;使不同
A quality or feature thatdifferentiates one thingfrom another makes the two things different.

e.g. ...distinctive policies thatdifferentiate them from the other parties.
使他们有别于其他政党的特殊政策

• differentiate acutely敏锐地辨别
• differentiate elaborately很难区分
• differentiate generously区别很大
• differentiate properly适当地区分

• differentiate between两个物体之间区分
• differentiate between good and evil区分好坏
• differentiate between right and wrong分清是非
• differentiate between two objects区分两个物体
• differentiate from与…区分

• The famous private life that's supposed to differentiate him from other public servants.

  出自：A. Wilson

differentiate, demarcate, discriminate, distinguish

这组词的共同意思是“区分”。其区别是：

distinguish用于有联系的各种事物,可以相像,也可以不相像; differentiate用于同类物品; discriminate用于只有细微差别的事物,如真伪钞票; 而demarcate则用于区别明显,犹如有一条界线的事物。