dis-, 分开，散开。-cret,区分，词源同crisis, critic, discern. 词义与discreet在17世纪前没有区别，后来才赋予不同的词义。

1. Social structures are not discrete objects; they overlap and interweave.

社会结构之间不是离散的，他们相互重叠交织。

2. The organisms can be divided into discrete categories.

有机体可分为许多互不相联的种类。

3. The picture consists of a lot of discrete spots of colour.

这幅画由许多不相连的色点组成.

4. Both contiguous selection and discrete selection support single - click selection and click - and - drag selection.

连续选择和离散选择都支持单击选择和单击并拖动选择.

5. Discrete data, on the other hand, has no inherent order.

另一方面, 离散数据没有内在次序.