distinction
/dɪˈstɪŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/
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dɪ - ˈstɪŋkʃən -> distinction
(n) ကွဲပြားခြင်း။ ခြားနားခြင်း။ အရည်အချင်း၊ အတန်းအစားအလိုက် ခွဲခြားခြင်း။ ထူးခြားသော အရည်အသွေး။ ထူးချွန်ခြင်း။ ထူးခြားခြင်း။ ဂုဏ်ထူး။ ဘွဲ့ထူး။
distinction /dÇ'stÇŋkʃn/ n
၁။ [C,U]~ (between A and B)
ကွဲပြားခြင်း။ ခြားနားခြင်း။
draw a distinction between serious and popular literature.
၂။ (က) [U] အရည်အချင်း၊ အတန်းအစားအလိုက် ခွဲခြားခြင်း။
provide social and political freedom without distinction (ie based on race, sex, class, etc). (ခ) [C] ထူးခြားသော အရည်အသွေး။ distinctions of birth and wealth.
၃။ [U] ထူးချွန်ခြင်း။ ထူးခြားခြင်း။
a writer/ novel of distinction ❍ She had the distinction of being the first woman to swim the Channel.
၄။ [C] ဂုဏ်ထူး။ ဘွဲ့ထူး။
win the highest distinction for bravery ❍ I got a distinction in my geography exam.
- In practice, these distinctions are often blurred (=not made very clear).
- [distinction between] : Do other countries have the same distinction between amateur and professional athletes that we do?
- [make/draw a distinction] : Medical literature does not always make a distinction between the two terms. education for girls and boys.
- [a clear/sharp distinction] : This would lead to a clear distinction between management and the workforce.
- [of (great) distinction] : We are fortunate that so many people of distinction and talent are present.
- [get/gain a distinction] : She got a distinction in her piano exam.
- Kevin graduated with distinction in history and law.
- [have/hold/gain the distinction of] : She holds the distinction of having been the first woman editor of the Harvard Law Review.
- The country has gained the dubious distinction of being one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists.
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