| 单词 | distinction |
| 释义 | dis·tinc·tion 1. a. archaic b. obsolete c. < Mr. Hemingway's … prose is of the first distinction — Edmund Wilson > 2. a. < not interested in distinctions between philosophic entities > < without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion — Vera M. Dean > b. < the distinctions of degree had lost much of their rigidity — Douglas Bush > < the line of distinction between the citizen and the subject — R.B.Taney > < crooked crooks and honest crooks, a distinction which does represent a difference — Gerald Carson > : contrast < he was pretty reasonable in distinction to the other men > < the classical economists in distinction to the modern price theorists — Paul Mattick > also < full commissions are payable to the galleries to the same extent as if sold to other bidders, without distinction or preference shown to such consignors or agents — Parke-Bernet Galleries Catalog > c. archaic 3. < the distinction between good and evil > < a distinction between the two men was their manner of treating inferiors > 4. a. < the distinction between the twins was great enough to eliminate the usual identification trouble > b. obsolete 5. a. < the man's distinction was in his entire bearing > b. < a politician of some distinction in the town > < looking for actions that would reveal his guilt, but found none of distinction > : special honor or regard < graduated from college with distinction > < grant him the distinction he deserves > c. < has the distinction of being both rich and handsome > d. < accomplished the difficult task with rare distinction > 6. < Urban received him with great distinction — Encyc. Americana > Synonyms: see dissimilarity |
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