It was revived in 1963 as a way to honor individuals for distinguished service from all walks of life.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

A creature is required who is distinguished in certain ways from other animals.

是一种对之有所求的创造物,他在某些方面与其他动物不同。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Joshua Bolten had a long and distinguished career in the Bush White House.

约书亚在小布什执政期间,职业生涯成绩卓著。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

King Abdullah thanked the president for his words, and said the people of the United States have elected a distinguished man who deserves to be president.

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

That is, you're dead as a person. Previously, we distinguished between the death of my body and my death as a person; let's focus on my death as a person.

这指的是你作为个人的死亡,之前我们已区别了肉体和个人的死亡;,现在我们将重点放在个人的死亡上。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

In 1852, around that time, this might have been the first course that was offered in engineering in the country: it was taught at Yale in civil engineering in 1852 even Yale students don't know this; what a long, distinguished history of engineering that their own institution has.

在一八五二年,那个时候,这可能是最早开设的一门课程,在国内的工程学方向,它就是一八五二年开始讲授的土木工程,甚至是耶鲁自己的学生都不知道这些,他们所在的学院有着,如此独特而悠久的历史

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选