英汉词典

1. 区分;区别;辨别
    If you differentiate between things or if you differentiate one thing from another, you recognize or show the difference between them.

    e.g. A child may not differentiate between his imagination and the real world...
           儿童可能无法将自己的幻想与真实世界区分开来。
    e.g. At this age your baby cannot differentiate one person from another.
           这个年龄的婴儿还不能认人。

2. 使有差别;使不同
    A quality or feature that differentiates one thing from another makes the two things different.

differentiate的近义词

    e.g. ...distinctive policies that differentiate them from the other parties.
           使他们有别于其他政党的特殊政策