Add "ism" to a word and, to the delight of philologists, you bring out a whole new level of meaning, distinction and nuance.

让语言学家们高兴的是，一旦给一个词语加个后缀“主义”，这个词便从意义，等级到细微差别马上升到一个新水准。

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The critical distinction between a craftsman and an expert is what happens after a sufficient level of expertise has been achieved.

匠师与专家之间最重要的区别在他们成为了某个领域专家之后的表现。

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We like to make the distinction, however, because analysis can be considered the level of abstraction where IT meets the business.

然而，我们希望对它们进行区分，因为在IT满足业务需求的情况下，可以将分析考虑为一种抽象级别。

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Hence, selfish genes will lead to altruistic animals because, to the extent that evolution operates at the level of the genes, there's no hard and fast distinction between your own body and someone else's body.

所以，自私基因会导致利他行为，从这个意义上说,进化在基因层面进行，你自己的身体和别人的身体,没有严格差别。

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At one level, the distinction is straightforward.

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Schuyler also pointed out a distinction between the conversations happening at the undergraduate level and the business school level.

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His communications director, Robert Gibbs, says Demers is a state lobbyist who does not do business involving any federal legislation or federal regulation, and that the campaign has drawn a distinction between lobbyists who are registered to work at the state level and those who lobby the federal government.

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