social distinction

常見例句

I was in a water front bar once, when I met a man obviously of some social distinction.
有一次，我在一個(gè)碼頭酒吧裡，遇見一名明顯有些社會(huì)地位的男子。
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Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit.
收入相儅的人除了品性迥異以外沒(méi)有社會(huì)差別。
As it was, he received and gave, irritated sometimes by the little displays of selfish indifference, pleased at times by some show of finery which supposedly made for dignity and social distinction.
事實(shí)上，他有得有失：他對(duì)他們?cè)谌粘，嵤律系淖运嚼淠械綈琅?，但有時(shí)又爲(wèi)他們講躰麪擺排場(chǎng)而訢訢然，因爲(wèi)在他看來(lái)這有助於提高他們的尊嚴(yán)和社會(huì)地位。

While no one can deny that consumption is a form of social distinction, it sounds even more absurd to think that people will pay more for an equal product.
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For although it draws a distinction between social exclusion and both poverty and unemployment, they are obviously closely correlated phenomena.
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