【同义词辨析】 洞察discernment-acumen

discernment: stresses accuracy, as for example, in reading character or motives or appreciating art: had not the ~ to know who her friends really were.   (accuracy准确precision精确/密的区别: 准确表示正确形容具体动作或结果;精确精密表示每次都正确这一属性,形容人或仪器设备,现实很多人不区分)


discrimination: stresses the power to distinguish and select what is true or appropriate or excellent: acquire ~ by looking at a lot of art.


perception: implies quick and often sympathetic discernment and delicacy of feeling: a novelist of keen ~.   (quick, sympathetic敏锐的)  (delicacy精细)


penetration: implies a searching mind that goes beyond what is obvious or superficial: had not the ~ to see beneath their deceptive facade.


insight: suggests depth of discernment coupled with sympathetic understanding: a documentary providing ~ into the plight of the homeless.   (sympathetic这里不是同情,而是有感觉,不翻译)


acumen: implies consistent penetration combined with keen practical judgment: a theatre director with reliable critical ~.   acumen敏锐精明,强调快速的识别和判断能力,又如business/commercial/financial acumen生意上/商业上/ 理财敏锐精明


discernment识别力: 强调准确,如解读性格动机或欣赏艺术,discrimination鉴别力: 强调区分选择真实合适优秀,perception感知: 敏锐识别精细感觉,penetration穿透洞察: 强调能穿透肤浅表面,insight深入洞察: 强调深入的识别和理解,acumen敏锐: 快速的洞察和判断


记忆方法: 1) DDPPIA排列成PPAIDD有偿有报酬的,假定两边的P和D表示强调<==洞察

         2) 洞察的意思是超常的识别判断能力mean a power to see what is not evident to the average mind.DDPPIA排列成PPAIDD有偿有报酬的,假定两边的P和D表示强调<==洞察