discerning

动词 discern:

1. detect with the senses
   同义词：recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart

形容词 discerning:

1. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
2. unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
   同义词：discreet
3. quick to understand- Nathaniel Hawthorne
   同义词：apprehensive
4. able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive

1. He was just able to discern the road from the dark.
   他在黑暗中只能勉强辨认出道路。
2. She is a very discerning art critic.
   她是位眼光敏锐的艺术评论家。

dis.cern.ing

adj.（形容词）
Exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; perceptive.
有眼力的；有判断力的：展现敏锐的眼力或辨别力好的判断的；有洞察力的

【引伸】
discern.ingly
adv.（副词）