distinction
TOEFL区別・卓越
意味
- (…の間の)区別,差異,相違《+between+名》,(…からの)区別《+from+名》
- (区別となる)特徴,特異性,(特に)優秀さ
- 名誉,栄誉
例文
I can make a distinction between good and bad.
私にだって善悪に区別はつく。
He advocated abolishing class distinctions.
彼は階級差別の廃止を主張した。
The distinction in usage between the two words is clear.
その２語の用法の区別は明瞭である。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English distinccioun, from Old French distinction (attested from the 12th century), borrowed from Latin distinctiōnem, action noun of distinguō (“separate, distinguish”). By surface analysis, distinct (“to distinguish”) + -ion. Attested in English from the late 14th century.
辞書順で近い単語
distantly distill distinct distinctive distinctly distinguish