单词distinction
n.: 区别；区分；差别；卓越
网络: 特性；级别；荣誉
差别；区别；对比:
a clear difference or contrast especially between people or things that are similar or related
优秀；杰出；卓越:
the quality of being excellent or important
特质；特点；不同凡响:
the quality of being sth that is special
区分；分清；辨别:
the separation of people or things into different groups
（尤指给学生的）优等评分，荣誉，奖赏:
a special mark/grade or award that is given to sb, especially a student, for excellent work
【电视】清晰度
好名声,有名望,露露头角
出类拔萃;显赫的地位,显要的身份
优越,卓越;盛名
荣誉,殊荣,殊勋
贵;地位;盛名;头衔,称号;成就
殊动,大功,荣誉;勋章,荣誉称号
〔废语〕分割,分离
特征,特性,个性
差别,区别;区分
复数：distinctions
v.+n.:
make distinction,draw distinction,see distinction,ignore distinction
adj.+n.:
clear distinction,important distinction,fine distinction,real distinction,essential distinction
n.differencedivisiondissimilaritydiscrepancyotherness
n.similaritydisgrace
There is no doubt the Foreign Service served me with distinction.
毫无疑问，外交人员出色地辅佐了我的工作。
My own company, Berkshire Hathaway, might have been the last to fall, but that distinction provided little solace.
我拥有的伯克希尔哈撒韦公司可能会最后倒下，但是这种区别并不能带来丝毫安慰。
This might sound like an obvious distinction. But it is one that some of the best minds in business have failed to make.
这种“区别”虽然貌似基本常识，但商界中一些最优秀的人材都未能做对这件事。
There was no distinction between the near and the far, and an auditor felt close to everything within the horizon.
远近的界线消失了，听者感觉到地平线以内的一切都近在咫尺。
I cannot but wonder whether this particular wording would not blur the distinction between the aggressor and the victim of aggression.
我们不能不怀疑这样的措词会模糊侵略者与被侵略者的区别。
In the case of solids and liquids which have very small coefficients of thermal expansion, this distinction has no practical importance.
至于固体和液体，由于它们的热膨胀系数很小，上述区别便没有实际价值。
How do you feel about this yourself? Do you for instance feel that there is a strong distinction between being a Canadian and a US artist?
你自己是怎么看待这个问题的？举个例子，你觉得加拿大和美国的艺术家之间的最大的区别在哪里？
They have only a fine distinction between them.
它们的区别很细微。
A distinction is often made between "positive" and "negative" eugenics.
对“积极”优生学和“消极”优生学往往加以区分。
To layfolk, that may be a distinction without much of a difference, but to astronomers it"s an important piece of the astrophysical puzzle.
对普通人来说，这点差异或许并没有什么不同。但在天文学家看来，这却是天文物理学难题中极为重要的一部分。