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distinguishing

/dih-sting-gwi-shing/US // dɪˈstɪŋ gwɪ ʃɪŋ //

区分,区别,辨别,识别性

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : distinctive; characteristic, as a definitive feature of an individual or group: Intricate rhyming is a distinguishing feature of her poetry.

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Examples

  • The collective’s members are also committed to ensuring that their work is culturally relevant — which is a distinguishing factor of many mutual aid projects.

  • Everyone had to wait until the next spring, because an important distinguishing trait shows up in flowers.

  • She also commented on what might be her most distinguishing feature, her pierced nose.

  • Those who had seen objects multiple times better recalled the original objects but had a harder time distinguishing the lures.

  • Without commanding, distinguishing words from their mouths, the narrative can be wholly invented for Kate and Letizia.

  • “I have no respect for Ambassador Chizhov,” Saakashvili said, distinguishing himself from his Ukrainian colleague.

  • It is a distinguishing characteristic of the breed that religious fanatics have a particularly lurid sexual imagination.

  • A good many children seem to be like savages in distinguishing those to whom one is bound to speak the truth.

  • Some of his violins possess a distinguishing mark in a rather abrupt rise in the centre.

  • Gram's method (p. 40) is a very useful aid in distinguishing certain bacteria.

  • And respectable obscurity has ever been the distinguishing characteristic of Godalming.

  • This is the case with the modern Jews and many other people who have strongly-marked, peculiar, or distinguishing characteristics.