distinction

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。

This was not just a matter of terminology but a distinction of great importance.

这不仅是一个术语的问题，而是不动产与动产的重要区别。

Existing research on juvenile delinquency results are not up to the distinction between urban and rural, but the general analysis.

现有的关于未成年人犯罪的研究成果大多未进行城市和农村的区分，而是笼统地加以浅析浅析。

This tip addresses one of those cases: the distinction between an array which is null, and an array which has no elements.

这里介绍的技巧用于处理其中的一个情况：一个为“零”的数组和一个没有元素的数组之间的差别。

Networks that run IP are left with one main source of distinction: how much connectivity they provide.

IP网络之间的区别只剩下了一点，那就是它们提供的连接有多有少。

The distinction between them is not always readily apparent.

它们之间的区分未必明显。

My motto has always been: a career open to all talents, without distinction of birth.

我的座右铭是：职业不分贵贱，唯才适用。

here, try some of my homemade wine. i think you'll be able to draw a distinction between the two.

汤姆小声说。“来，尝尝我的自制酒。我想你能喝出两者的区别。”

That would have made him a man of distinction.

这能显示出他地位的卓越。

In British usage, a distinction is often made between foreign language and second language.

英国用法里，对外语和第二语言。

Perhaps this gets to the root of the matter, to the most fundamental distinction of all between East and West.

或许这会获得事情的根本，在东西方的大多区别上。