People seemed excited about the event, though in Cuba it can be hard to discern genuine enthusiasm from a sense of duty.
本题考查词义辨析。A 选项意为“ 解释;阐明;界定” ,B选项意为“ 控制;支配” , C选项意为“ 承认;识别” ,D选项意为“ 终结” 。题干替换词与后面的from搭配,意为 “ 识别出” 。首先抓住搭配discern…from,然后通过判断enthusiasm和duty的关系,并且排除一部分不能放入此结构的词,便可以找到答案。
[参考译文]人们似乎对这一事件感到兴奋,但在古巴,很难从责任感中辨别出真正的热情。
[词汇拓展] ① discern正式用语,意为 “ 觉察出;识别;了解” ,不用于进行时。同义词:detect。 派生词:discernible adj.。
e.g. It is possible to discern a number of different techniques in her work.从她的作品中可以 识别出许多不同的创作手法。 There is often no discernible difference between rival brands.相互竞争的品牌之间往往看不出明显的区别。
② 含“ 认出,辨别” 之意的词组:make sb./sth. out意为 “ 看清,听清,分清,辨认清楚” ,pick sb./sth. out意为 “从.......中认出来,辨别出”。
e.g. I could just make out a figure in the darkness.黑暗中我只看出了一个人的轮廓。
See if you can pick me out in this photo.看你能不能把我从这张照片中认出来。