distinction
区别,区分,区别对待,差异
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Definitions
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- : a marking off or distinguishing as different: His distinction of sounds is excellent.
- : the recognizing or noting of differences; discrimination: to make a distinction between right and wrong.
- : a discrimination made between things as different; special regard or favoritism: Death comes to all without distinction.
- : condition of being different; difference: There is a distinction between what he says and what he does.
- : a distinguishing quality or characteristic: It has the distinction of being the oldest house in the town.
- : a distinguishing or treating with special honor, attention, or favor.
- : an act of bestowing, or a mark of, honor or favor.
- : marked superiority; note; eminence.
- : distinguished appearance.
- : Obsolete. division; separation.
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Examples
That distinction is one reason she’s “in the deflation camp.”
The pack is definitely not waterproof, which is an important distinction when you’re carrying a laptop.
In 2004, she won election as District Attorney of San Francisco serving with distinction.
One time when this distinction is particularly relevant is following major events such as the debates and party conventions.
When we say the brain’s “memory center,” the hippocampus, or the emotion center, the “amygdala,” these distinctions are based on cytoarchitectural maps.
Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.
The distinction between over-policing and non-responsiveness was alive and well in Bed-Stuy.
That is a distinction with a sociological difference—for many, an uncomfortable one to consider.
But this may be a distinction without much of a difference—especially since Scalise admitted speaking before EURO.
It seems like a nuanced distinction, but it could have huge implications.
To Harrison and his wife there was no distinction between the executive and judicial branches of the law.
See the distinction between the "sciences physiques" and the "sciences physiologiques" in the "Anatomic Générale," 1801.
Though by birth duke of St. Cloud, he preferred the ecclesiastical state to political distinction.
In ordinary work, however, it is safer to base the distinction upon size than upon structure.
When large forms of the lymphocyte are present, the distinction is often difficult or impossible.