it turns out that this is a lot more difficult than one might think; there is a subtle distinction between what is and is not a word.
这种方法比想象的要难得多;区分是或者不是一个单词是非常微妙的。
congress had to make a distinction between these and corporations and it「s kind of a subtle distinction because there are lots of corporations that own real estate.
国会必须把它和公司区分开来,这种差别很微妙,因为很多公司也持有房地产
it」s a subtle distinction and there「s slightly more to it than that but that」s most of the answer.
这是一个很细微的差别,可以再多解释一下,但也差不多是答案了。
in considering the ten most significant inventions of the past 1,000 years, a subtle distinction must be made: the difference between 「invention」 and 「discovery」 is not as clear as one might think.
在考虑过去一千年中十大最伟大发明的时候,一定要注意「发明」和「发现」之间微妙的区别。 很多人都不清楚这个。