Very few men distinguished themselves in these pursuits like today's protagonist.

很少有人能像今天的主人公那样在这些事业上出类拔萃。

Europe is a crowded continent where neighbours often distinguish themselves primarily by how they speak.

欧洲是一个国家稠密的大陆，邻国往往主要通过说话方式来区分国籍。

The process of “differentiation”, in which the parties distinguish themselves from the coalition, has got under way early.

两党的“区分运动”（即两党试图在联合政府中展现本党独有特点的运动）也早已展开。

Even those Scotch banks which never distinguished themselves by their extreme imprudence, were sometimes obliged to employ this ruinous resource.

即使是那些从来没有以极端轻率而著称的苏格兰银行，有时也不得不使用这种毁灭性的资源。

These grammarians climbed over one another, defining increasingly complex guidelines to distinguish themselves from their predecessors and inevitably punctuation fell victim.

这些语法学家相互攀比，定义了越来越复杂的指导方针， 以将自己与前辈区分开来， 标点符号不可避免地成为牺牲品。

We gather this afternoon buoyed by the aspirations of our graduates—some 7,100 people who have distinguished themselves in nearly every field and every discipline imaginable.

今天下午我们聚集了毕业生的愿望 - 大约7，100人，他们在几乎每个领域和每个可以想象的学科中都表现出色。

Similarly, institutions may seek to distinguish themselves in the academic marketplace by becoming more selective in admissions decisions, thus reducing the number of low-income students admitted.

同样，学校可能会通过在录取决定中变得更有选择性来寻求在学术市场上脱颖而出，从而减少低收入学生的录取数量。

While the weavers themselves are mostly unknown, Heinrich says regional artisans distinguish themselves, with the colors of their wool dies and the patterns of their nodding.

虽然织工本身大多不为人所知，但海因里希说，当地工匠通过他们毛模的颜色和针织的图案来区分自己。

And then in 1385, the Scottish Parliament ordered that Scottish soldiers serving abroad in France had to wear a white X on their armour to distinguish themselves.

随后在1385年，苏格兰议会下令，在法国服役的苏格兰士兵必须佩戴带有白色交叉图案的盔甲，以方便相互辨认身份。

The rich, not being able to distinguish themselves by the expense of any one dress, will naturally endeavour to do so by the multitude and variety of their dresses.

富人无法通过任何一件衣服的昂贵来区分自己，自然会努力通过衣服的数量和种类来做到这一点。

In fact, if we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.

其实，如果我们回溯历史，就会发现，那些出类拔萃的女性，在女性中既不是最美丽的，也不是最温柔的。

This largely second-generation group, then, of Mexican Americans wanted to distinguish themselves from their parents – wanted to create their own culture that would be different from that of their parents.

这个主要是墨西哥裔美国人的第二代群体想要将自己与他们的父母区分开来——想要创造他们自己的文化，这将不同于他们的父母。

This was the time of the Hundred Years War and many speakers may have consciously changed their vowels and pronunciation in order to distinguish themselves from the French to sound less like the enemy.

这是百年战争时期，许多说话者可能有意识地改变了他们的元音和发音，以便与法语区分开来，听起来不那么像敌人。

People of some rank and fortune are generally eighteen or nineteen years of age before they enter upon that particular business, profession, or trade, by which they propose to distinguish themselves in the world.

具有一定地位和财富的人通常年满 18 岁或 19 岁才开始从事他们打算借此在世界上脱颖而出的特定业务、专业或行业。

As I understand from your story, there were a group of women who really distinguished themselves as spies during world war 2, but then they weren't allowed to get to the highest levels of power.

据我从你的故事中了解到， 有一群女性在第二次世界大战期间作为间谍而真正出名， 但后来她们不被允许获得最高权力。

Amy and her Pole distinguished themselves by equal enthusiasm but more graceful agility, and Laurie found himself involuntarily keeping time to the rhythmic rise and fall of the white slippers as they flew by as indefatigably as if winged.

艾米和她的波兰人以同样的热情但更加优雅的敏捷着称，劳里发现自己不由自主地跟上了白色拖鞋有节奏的上升和下降的节奏，因为它们像长了翅膀一样不知疲倦地飞过。