| 词组 | distinctive, distinct, distinguished |
| 释义 | distinctive, distinct, distinguished Several fairly recent British publications (as Sellers 1975, Chambers 1985) warn against confusing distinctive with distinct and a few, mostly American, ones (as Copperud 1970, 1980) warn against confusing distinctive with distinguished. We are frankly puzzled by all these warnings, for we have no recent evidence that suggests any confusion at all. The words are adequately defined in standard dictionaries and require no further clarification here. We offer a few typical examples of each: • ... the platypus has a distinct reptilian walk —Janet L. Hopson, Smithsonian, January 1981 • The functions of banking as distinct from the procedures —Martin Mayer, The Bankers, 1974 • The reprinting of old guide books, then, is a distinct service to scholars —Times Literary Supp., 19 Feb. 1971 • ... science fiction is as distinct a genre as satire or comedy —Murray Leinster, The Writer, May 1968 • ... what its distinctive contribution is to society — Robert A. Nisbet, Psychology Today, March 1971 • To be sexy to a woman, a man must be distinctive —David R. Reuben, M.D., Woman's Day, October 1971 • The distinctive feature of this compilation was its emphasis on science —Times Literary Supp., 19 Feb. 1971 • ... acted in 1527 before Henry VIII and a distinguished audience —F. P. Wilson, The English Drama 1485-1585, 1968 • ... a distinguished writer in the field of nature and the wilderness —David McCord, Saturday Rev., 25 Mar. 1972 • ... even the layman was able to make distinguished contributions —Nicolas H. Charney, Saturday Rev., 19 Feb. 1972 |
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