differentiate

[.difə'renʃi.eit]

vt.区分, 使差异, 求导数
vi.区别, 产生差别, 区别对待

vt.

1. 使有差异; 构成……间的差别[(+from)]

Coloring differentiates the sexes in many birds.

鸟的雌雄通常可就其颜色予以区分。

2. 区别, 区分; 鉴别[(+from)]

A botanist can differentiate varieties of plants.

植物学家能鉴别各种各样的植物。

3. 使变异

4. 【数】求……的微分

vi.

1. 区别, 区分; 鉴别[(+between)]

differentiate between good and evil

分清善恶

2. 区别对待[(+between)]

It is wrong to differentiate between pupils according to their family background.

按家庭出身区别对待学生的做法是错误的。

3. 【生】分化

词形变化

名词: differentiation | 动词过去式: differentiated | 动词过去分词: differentiated | 动词现在分词: differentiating | 动词第三人称单数: differentiates |

词义辨析

同义:

v.区分, 区别

distinguish  discriminate  tell apart  separate  set apart  make a distinction  contrast  characterize

v.变异, 分化

change  alter  make different  modify  adapt  adjust  

英英释义

动词 differentiate:

mark as different

同义词：distinguish, separate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart

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

同义词：distinguish, mark

calculate a derivative; take the derivative

become different during development

evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

同义词：speciate, specialize, specialise

become distinct and acquire a different character

补充

differentiatedifferentiate英:[ˌdifəˈrenʃieit] 美:[ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃiˌet]vt. & vi.1.区分, 区别, 辨别Do English as spoken in the UK and English as spoken in the USA differentiate more as the years pass?英式英语与美式英语的差异是否会随着时间推移而进一步加大?He cannot differentiate the two flowers.他无法辨认这两种花。vi.1.区别对待It's wrong to differentiate between boys and girls.男女孩区别相待是错误的。

例句

1. Learning to differentiate the two realities is difficult.学会区分这两种实际情况很难。 2. A baby cannot differentiate one person from another.婴儿不会认人。 3. It's important to differentiate truth from fiction.分清真相与谎言是很重要的。 4. policies that differentiate them from the other parties使他们有别于其他政党的政策 5. What differentiates sculpture from other media?是什么把雕塑和其他艺术表现方式区别开来？ 6. Children don't differentiate between imagination and reality.儿童无法将幻想与现实区分开来。 7. Can you differentiate between moral and religious questions?你能把道德问题和宗教问题区分开来吗？ 8. He can't differentiate between red and green.他分不清红和绿。 9. Species differentiate as they evolve.物种在进化的过程中会发生分化。 10. Its slate roof differentiates this house from others.这间房子的石板瓦房顶使其有别于这地区的其他房子。 11. I've learned to differentiate a French wine from a Chinese wine.我已学会把法国酒同中国酒区分开来。 12. She can differentiate this kind of rose from the others.她能把这种玫瑰花从其他品种中区分开来。 13. differentiated equation微分方程 14. I learned to differentiate between French and German wines.我学会了鉴别法国酒和德国酒。 15. That company differentiated between men and women ——everyone was not paid at the same rate.那家公司对男女职工不平等 ——不是所有人都按同一标准付酬。 16. That genus of plants differentiates into three species.那个属种的植物衍生出三个变种。 17. to differentiate into organs分化成器官 18. children can differentiate the past from the present.孩子们可以区分过去与现在。 19. he is unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality.他分不清幻想与现实。 20. little now differentiates the firm's products from its rivals.该公司与其对手的产品现在差别很小了。 21. [with obj.]the receptors are developed and differentiated into sense organs.感受器的发展和变化形成了感觉器。 22. [no obj.]the cells differentiate into a wide variety of cell types.细胞产生变异形成各种不同的细胞类型。 23. It is hard to differentiate between these two types of seed.这两类种子很难区别开来。 24. The coloured feathers differentiate the male bird from the plain brown female.这种鸟的雌雄从羽毛的颜色区分得出来，雄性是彩色的，雌性是纯褐色的。 25. We don't differentiate between the two groups -- we treat everybody alike.我们对待两组没有差别，都一视同仁。 26. The only thing that differentiates the twins is the color of their eyes.这对双胞胎的唯一区别是他们的眼睛颜色。 27. Our excellent customer service differentiates us from our competitors.优质的客户服务是我们与竞争对手的差别所在。 28. We've been learning how to differentiate between different types of plants.我们一直在学习如何区分不同种类的植物。 29. It's sometimes hard to differentiate one action movie from all the others.有时候要把一部动作片和其他动作片区分开来很困难。