differentiate
/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃɪeɪt/verb
with obj.
1
- recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different区别; 区分：
children can differentiate the past from the present.
孩子们可以区分过去与现在。
1.1
- no obj.
differentiate between
identify differences between (two or more things or people)区分, 辨别： he is unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality.
他分不清幻想与现实。
1.2
- make (someone or something) appear different or distinct使不同; 使有差别：
little now differentiates the firm's products from its rivals.
该公司与其对手的产品现在差别很小了。
2
- technical make or become different in the process of growth or development〈技〉（使）（在生长或发展过程中）变异, 变化：
with obj. 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
no obj. the cells differentiate into a wide variety of cell types.细胞产生变异形成各种不同的细胞类型。
3
- Mathematics transform (a function) into its derivative【数】求…的微分。
派生词
differentiation
noundifferentiator
noun词源
early 19th cent.: from medieval Latin differentiat- 'carried away from', from the verb differentiare, from differentia （see DIFFERENTIA）.