dis‧tinct W3 AC / dɪstɪŋkt / 形容词

1 clearly different or belonging to a different type :

two entirely distinct languages

distinct types/groups/categories etc

There are four distinct types.

distinct from

The learning needs of the two groups are quite distinct from each other.

2 as distinct from something used to make it clear that you are not referring to a particular kind of thing, but to something else :

a movie star, as distinct from an actor

3 something that is distinct can clearly be seen, heard, smelled etc 反义词 indistinct :

The outline of the ship became more distinct.

4 [仅用于名词前] a distinct possibility, feeling, quality etc definitely exists and cannot be ignored :

I got the distinct impression he was trying to make me angry.

There is a distinct possibility that this will eventually be needed.

a distinct lack of enthusiasm