请教distinguish的用法

znprc

本题的正确答案是: Although many art patrons can readily differentiate a good debenture from an undesirable one, they are (far less expert in distinguishing good paintings from poor ones, authentic art from) fakes. 错误答案是: (much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and) 问题一: much 是否不可修饰比较级; 问题二: distinguish 有两种用法: distinguish A and B; a feature distinguishing A from B. 我认为本题应用第一种用法, 不对吗?

yzlinlin

该问题以前有不少讨论----大家可以搜索，但没有形成结论。以下是947里面涉及disdinguish的题，大家讨论一下，找找规律。
抱歉，跟帖好象加不了下划线。

115.    Although the phenomenon of withdrawal has always been the crucial physiological Leng for distinguishing addictive from nonaddictive drugs, it has become increasingly evident that not all regular heroin users experience withdrawal symptoms.
(A) addictive from
(B) addictive and
(C) addictive or
(D) between addictive or
(E) among addictive or
A

15.    In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis.
(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis,
(C) between mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(D) between mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis
(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without being grounded in mental disease
C

87 Although many art patrons can readily differentiate a good debenture from an undesirable one, they are much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and fakes.
(A) much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and
(B) far less expert in distinguishing good paintings from poor ones, authentic art from
(C) much less expert when it comes to distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art from
(D) far less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and
(E) far less the expert when it comes to distinguishing between good painting, poor ones, authentic art, and
B

100    though the phenomenon of withdrawal has always been the crucial physiological Leng for distinguishing addictive from nonaddictive drugs, it has become increasingly evident that not all regular heroin users experience withdrawal symptoms.
(A) addictive from
(B) addictive and
(C) addictive or
(D) between addictive or
(E) among addictive or
A

214 Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
(A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable
(B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable
(C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
(D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable
(E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them A

    885 SEC 1-10 Climatic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the weather.
(A) so gradual as to be indistinguishable
(B) so gradual they can be indistinguishable
(C) so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished
(D) gradual enough not to be distinguishable
(E) gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them
A

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Snazzy

Good examples!


I thought that    we could conclude that 'distinguish A from B' is used between things in the same catogaries, for example, good paintings and bad paintings, addictive drugs and nonaddictive drugs, etc, while 'distinguish between A and B' applies to a comparison between things in different catogaries, for example, mood swings and depressive psychosis.     But, Longmen has counterexamples:


distinguish between
His attorney argued that Cope could not distinguish between right and wrong.
distinguish somebody/something from
a method of distinguishing cancer cells from normal tissue


Let's discussion!


    

dabendan12

Hope it helps:


[+ between]: It's important to distinguish between tax avoidance and tax evasion. (区分两者的不同, 重点是差异)


| distinguish sb/sth from: The twins are so alike it's difficult to distinguish one from the other. (重点考虑是否有特征可以让A区别与B)


[transitive not in progressive] formal to be the thing that makes someone or something different from other people or things : distinguish sb/sth from: There's not much to distinguish her from the other candidates. | distinguishing feature/mark (=a feature or mark that makes someone or something look different)

jiangmingjia

转自：http://gmatclub.com/forum/sc1000-100-although-the-phenomenon-of-50259.html

"distinguish X from Y" generally used for comparing same types/things ( drugs to drugs, paints to paints, )
Distinguish addictive drugs from non-addictive drugs
Distinguish old paints from new paints

Distinguish between X and Y ( X and Y are from different types)

Distinguish between Cat and Dog (Distinguish Cat from Dog == sounds akward isn't it?)
Distinghish between solids and liquids.

AustinLuan

much可修比较级