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who or what somebody/something is 身份；本身；本體 The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer. 警方正努力調查殺人兇手的身份。 to establish/reveal/confirm the identity of somebody/something 確定/揭露/確認某人/某物的身份 Their names have been changed for the purposes of this article to protect their identities. 出於本文的目的，他們的姓名已被更改，以保護他們的身份。 Their identities were kept secret. 他們的身份保密。 Do you have any proof of identity? 你有身份證明嗎？ The thief used a false identity. 竊賊使用的是假身份。 He falls in love with her but can't reveal his true identity. 他愛上了她，但不能透露自己的真實身份。 Each object in the collection has a unique identity number. 集合中的每個對象都有一個唯一的標識號。 She went through an identity crisis in her teens (= was not sure of who she was or of her place in society). 她在十多歲時經歷了一次身份危機。
Extra ExamplesHe changed his identity on his release from prison. 他一獲釋出獄就改換了身分。 He felt that having a job gave him an identity. 他覺得有了工作自己才有了身分。 He had not resolved his identity issue. 那時他還沒解決他的身分問題。 He refused to reveal the identity of his client. 他拒絕透露客戶的身分。 He was discovered living under an assumed identity in South America. 他被發現以僞造的身分居住在南美洲。 Her voice was disguised to conceal her identity. 爲了隐瞞身分，對她的聲音進行了處理。 His identity was stolen and used to purchase goods from a catalogue. 有人盜用他的身分從商品目錄中購買物品。 It is important to know the identity and nature of the enemy. 重要的是了解對手的身分和本性。 Shanghai itself has multiple identities. 上海本身就具有多重身分。 Someone in the administration leaked the identity of an undercover CIA agent. 政府中有人洩露了一名中情局秘密特工的身分。 The system will verify the identity of incoming visitors. 這套系統會查證來訪者的身分。 They didn't reveal her secret identity to her family members. 他們沒有向她的家人透露她的秘密身分。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- true
- assumed
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- build
- construct
- create
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- bracelet
- tag
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- identity as
- identity between
- proof of identity
- a search for identity
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the characteristics, feelings or beliefs that make people different from others 特征；特有的感覺（或信仰） national/cultural/personal identity 民族/文化/個人身份 ethnic/racial identity 族裔/種族身份 The region's sense of identity remained strong. 該地區的認同感仍然很強。 a plan to strengthen the corporate identity of the company 加強公司的企業形象的計劃 - identity as somebody/something
Scotland has never lost its identity as a separate nation. 蘇格蘭從未失去其獨立民族的身分。 She was searching for a clearer conception of her identity as a writer. 她在尋找對自己作家身份的更清晰的概念。
Extra ExamplesHis search for his cultural identity took him to where his parents were born. 爲了尋找文化認同感，他回到了父母的出生地。 Many minority groups are struggling to maintain their cultural identity. 許多少數民族都在努力維護自己的文化認同。 The company forged its own identity by producing specialist vehicles. 該公司通過生産特種車輛打造出自己的企業形象。 These populations have managed to maintain distinct identities. 這些人群總算保持了鮮明的特色。 They are still struggling to establish their identity as a political party. 他們還在爲確立政黨的身分進行鬥爭。 the ability to maintain a strong brand identity 保持鮮明品牌形象的能力 The people have a strong sense of national identity. 人民有強烈的民族認同感。 the way in which African American writers have asserted their identity 非裔美國作家堅持自己身分的方式 They share a collective identity, united by an independent spirit. 他們有着共同的集體認同，由一種獨立的精神團結在一起。 an ethnic identity based on their common national ancestry 他們基於共同祖先的民族認同
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- true
- assumed
- false
- …
- build
- construct
- create
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- bracelet
- tag
- card
- …
- identity as
- identity between
- proof of identity
- a search for identity
- a sense of identity
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the state or feeling of being very similar to and able to understand somebody/something 同一性；相同；一致 The two companies started working together as a result of a clear identity of interests. 兩家公司開始合作是因爲利益的明確認同。 - identity with somebody/something
He feels a strong sense of identity with his fellow men. 他對自己的同伴有強烈的認同感。 - identity between A and B
There's a close identity between fans and their team. 球迷和他們的球隊之間有密切的同一性。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘quality of being identical’): from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’.