differentiate
verb🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪt/
🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they differentiate | 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪt/ 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪt/ |
| he / she / it differentiates | 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪts/ 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪts/ |
| past simple differentiated | 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle differentiated | 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form differentiating | 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to recognize or show that two things are not the same 区分；区别；辨别 - differentiate (between) A and B
It's difficult to differentiate between the two varieties. 这两个品种很难辨别。 🔊🔊 - differentiate A (from B)
I can't differentiate one variety from another. 我无法将这几个品种区别开来。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesBirds are able to differentiate colours. 鸟类能够辨别不同的颜色。 She can just differentiate between light and dark. 她勉强能区分明暗。 Teachers should differentiate clearly between different kinds of correction. 教师应清楚地区分不同的纠正方式。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- be important to
- be easy to
- be possible to
- …
- between
- from
- differentiate (between) A and B
- [transitive] differentiate something (from something)
to be the particular thing that shows that things or people are not the same 表明…间的差别；构成…间差别的特征 The male's yellow beak differentiates it from the female. 雄鸟黄色的喙是与雌鸟相区别的主要特征。 🔊🔊 features which clearly differentiate this product from other similar ones 将此产品与其他相似产品清楚区分开来的特征
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- be important to
- be easy to
- be possible to
- …
- between
- from
- [intransitive] differentiate (between A and B)
to treat people or things in a different way, especially in an unfair way （尤指不公正地）差别对待，区别对待 Rules that differentiate between employees on the basis of gender need to be revised. 需要修订基于性别区分雇员的规则。
- [intransitive, transitive] (
biology 生物 to become more specialized during growth and development; to make a cell or tissue more specialized during growth and development 区分；区别；辨别 - differentiate (into something)
The fertilized egg differentiates into several different cell types. 受精卵分化为几种不同的细胞类型。 - differentiate something (into something)
The receptors are developed and differentiated into sense organs. 感受器的发展和变化形成了感觉器官
- differentiate (into something)
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from medieval Latin differentiat- ‘carried away from’, from the verb differentiare, from differentia from different- ‘carrying away’, from the verb differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’.