六级More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called preparation for future learning.

十多年前，当时就读于范德比尔特大学的认知科学家约翰·布兰斯福德（John Bransford）和丹尼尔·施瓦茨（Daniel Schwartz）发现，年轻人区别于儿童的不是保留事实或将先前知识应用于新环境的能力，而是他们称之为未来学习准备的素质。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation b

十多年前，范德比尔特大学的认知科学家约翰·布兰斯福德（John Bransford）和丹尼尔·施瓦茨（Daniel Schwartz）发现，年轻人区别于儿童的不是保留事实或将先验知识应用于新情况的能力

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad.

例如，这些机器人将能够区分某人何时快乐或悲伤。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级SimpliSafe provides devices that are able to distinguish incidental radio interference from targeted jamming attacks.

SimpliSafe提供了能够区分偶然无线电干扰和目标干扰攻击的设备。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based similarities, many different types of brain can't always be distinguished by gender.

领导这项研究的Daphna Joel说，她的研究发现，尽管存在一些基于性别的相似性，但许多不同类型的大脑并不总是能够通过性别来区分。

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer.

没有人会知道是什么样的才能、野心、精力和运气使狄更斯成为如此杰出的作家。

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions.

Boulder科罗拉多大学的一位政治科学家，他研究灾难趋势，他说，论坛的报告“在方法上令人尴尬”，因为在人口增长和弱势群体经济发展造成更大损失的情况下，无法区分与人为全球变暖相关的死亡或经济损失(易受伤害的) 区域。

2011年6月阅读原文

高考To make a wise selection, you should know how to distinguish among three kinds of print dictionaries: pocket, desk, and unabridged.

要做出明智的选择，您应该知道如何区分三种印刷词典：pocket、desk和unabridged。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 任务型读写 原文

六级One useful way is to distinguish between three degrees of poverty—extreme poverty,moderate poverty, and relative poverty.

一个有用的方法是区分三种贫困程度：极端贫困、中等贫困和相对贫困。

2017年6月听力原文

四级A new study challenges that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.

一项新的研究挑战了这一信念，质疑大脑是否真的可以通过性别来区分。

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考Daniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes it's important to distinguish television's influences on children from those of the family.

著名心理学家丹尼尔·安德森（Daniel Anderson）认为，区分电视对儿童和家庭的影响很重要。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Students seemed to distinguish at an early stage who would best fit into their lives.

学生们似乎在早期阶段就辨别出谁最适合他们的生活。

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

考研We are thus led to distinguish, within the broad educational process which we have been so far considering, a more formal kind of education -- that of direct tuition or schooling.

因此，在我们迄今为止所考虑的广泛的教育过程中，我们被引导区分出一种更正规的教育——直接学费或学校教育。

2009年考研翻译原文

四级a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions

Boulder科罗拉多大学的一位政治科学家，他研究灾难趋势，他说，论坛的报告“在方法上令人尴尬”，因为在人口增长和弱势群体经济发展造成更大损失的情况下，无法区分与人为全球变暖相关的死亡或经济损失(易受伤害的) 区域

2011年6月阅读原文

高考They can even distinguish their mother's voice from that of a female stranger.

他们甚至可以分辨出母亲的声音和女性陌生人的声音。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级To distinguish them from the colour of the plane.

以区别于飞机的颜色。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级She was a distinguished graduate of Harvard School of Law.

她是哈佛法学院的杰出毕业生。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级She had not distinguished herself academically

她在学术上并不出众

2014年6月阅读原文

六级He distinguished himself in low temperature physics.

他在低温物理学方面出了名。

2013年12月听力原文

六级More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called “preparation for future learning.

十多年前，范德比尔特大学的认知科学家约翰·布兰斯福德和丹尼尔·施瓦茨发现，年轻人与儿童的区别不是保留事实或将先前知识应用于新情况的能力，而是他们所说的“为未来学习做准备”的素质。

2015年12月大学英语六级考试真题（三）

六级Sydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.

加利福尼亚州克里克-雅各布斯中心的高级杰出研究员Sydney Brenner获得了2002年诺贝尔医学奖，他说，如果发生全球灾难，一些人会活下来，进化将有利于身体足够大、能够支撑所需脑力的小个子。

2008年6月英语六级真题

四级In most situations where music is performed in our culture it is not difficult to distinguish the audience from the performers, but such is often not the case in Africa.

在我们文化中表演音乐的大多数情况下，不难区分观众和表演者，但在非洲往往不是这样。

1995年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It seems simple enough to distinguish between the organism and the surrounding environment and to separate forces acting on an organism into those that are internal and biological and those that are external and environmental.

区分生物体和周围环境，并将作用在生物体上的力分为内部和生物力以及外部和环境力，这似乎足够简单。

1996年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves.

只要老师们不能区分教学和学习，他们就会继续为孩子们做只有孩子才能为自己做的事情。

1999年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom (对讲机): “Miss Baxter,” he says, “could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?

我最近看到一幅漫画，画的是一群商人坐在会议桌旁，看起来很困惑；其中一人正在对讲机上讲话(对讲机): “巴克斯特小姐，”他说，“你能请一个明辨是非的人来吗？”？

2003年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely “not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs.

医学领域传统上没有区分仅仅“没有生病”的人和健康状况良好并关注身体特殊需求的人。

2006年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级Roger Pielke Jr. , a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was " a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions.

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校研究灾害趋势的政治学家Roger Pielke Jr.表示，该论坛的报告“在方法上令人尴尬”，因为在弱势群体人口增长和经济发展造成的更大损失中，无法区分与人为全球变暖相关的死亡或经济损失(易受伤害的) 区域。

2011年6月英语四级考试真题

考研It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest.

要区分礼貌的惯例和个人兴趣，需要的不仅仅是在公交车上的短暂相遇。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研A boom in neighborhood surveillance cameras will, for example, cause problems in 2010, while the arrival of synthetic lifelike robots will mean people may not be able to distinguish between their human friends and the droids.

例如，社区监控摄像头的激增将在2010年引发问题，而合成逼真机器人的出现将意味着人们可能无法区分他们的人类朋友和机器人。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley.

他否认拥有任何敏锐的洞察力或智慧，比如赫胥黎先生。

2008年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研We are thus led to distinguish, within the broad educational process which we have been so far considering, a more formal kind of education —that of direct tuition or schooling.

因此，在我们迄今为止一直在考虑的广泛教育过程中，我们被引导区分出一种更正式的教育——直接学费或学校教育。

2009年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题