distinction
n. 区别, 明显差别, 特征 ；卓越, 优秀, 盛名；荣誉, 殊荣, 奖赏
辨析：（make）a distinction between 区别，差别，强调客观上存在的差别
（draw）a distinction between 区别，差别，强调主观上存在的差别
1.I can't see any distinction between these two cases.
我看不出这两个案例有什么不同。
2.He is a writer of real distinction.
他是一位真正才智超群的作家。
3.These are the highest distinctions that have ever been given by our government.
这些是我国政府迄今授予的最高荣誉称号。
domestic
adj. 本国的, 国内的 ；驯养的
1.This is domestic news.
这是国内新闻。
2.She does the domestic affairs every day.
她每天都忙家务。
3.This cat is domestic.
这只猫是驯养的。
draft
n. 草稿, 草案, 草图；汇票 ；应召入伍者; 特遣队
vt. 起草, 画草图, 草拟；选派, 抽调 ；征募, 征召…入伍
1.They agreed on a draft resolution.
他们商定一项决议草案。
2.I enclose here with a draft for the sum of 100 dollars.
兹附上100美元汇票一张。
3.That year's draft was the largest ever.
那年的征兵规模最大。
4.They sat down and drafted a letter to the local newspaper.
他们坐下来, 给当地的报纸草拟了一封信。
5.He was drafted last autumn by the Detroit Lions.
他去年秋天被底特律雄狮队选作队员了。
6.All the men were drafted.
男人们全都应征入伍了。
drift
vi. 漂, 漂流 ；漂泊, 流浪
n. 漂移, 漂流 ；吹积物; 堆积物 ；趋势, 动向, 倾向；大意, 要点, 主旨
搭配：the drift of opinion 舆论的影响
catch the drift of an argument 抓住争论的要点
辨析：drift只表示随风飘动或随水飘动
float指与“下沉sink”相对的漂浮，可能在飘动，也可静止。
1.The snow drifted everywhere.
雪飘至各处。
2.There is a slow drift into crisis.
有一种渐入危机的趋势。
3.After twelve years of marriage, the two people began to drift apart.
经过了十二年的婚姻生活后，两个人在感情上开始疏远。
4.Congressional leaders had halted and perhaps reversed the drift toward
welfarestatism.
国会领袖已经停止并可能取消迈向福利国家之意图。
