英汉词典

1. 区分;辨别
    If you can discriminate between two things, you can recognize that they are different.

    e.g. He is incapable of discriminating between a good idea and a terrible one...
           他分不清主意的好坏。
    e.g. The device can discriminate between the cancerous and the normal cells.
           这台仪器可以辨别癌细胞和正常的细胞。

2. 区别对待;歧视;偏袒
    To discriminate against a group of people or in favour of a group of people means to unfairly treat them worse or better than other groups.

    e.g. They believe the law discriminates against women.
           他们认为该项法律歧视女性。
    e.g. ...legislation which would discriminate in favour of racial minorities...
           偏袒少数种族的立法