But an accumulating body of research indicates that some distinctions between one type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.
2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
英语六级真题
When a noted leader on the art of management, Peter Drucker, coined the phrase "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things," he was seeking to clarify the distinctions he associates with the terms.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
We should keep these distinctions in mind when we research people's living conditions either in the developing or the developed world.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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分别;差别;不同
A distinction between similar things is a difference.
If you say that someone or something has the distinction of being something, you are drawing attention to the fact that they have the special quality of being that thing. Distinction is normally used to refer to good qualities, but can sometimes also be used to refer to bad qualities.