identify
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they identify | |
| he / she / it identifies | |
| past simple identified | |
| past participle identified | |
| -ing form identifying |
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to recognize somebody/something and be able to say who or what they are 确认；认出；鉴定 - identify somebody/something
She was able to identify her attacker. 她认出了袭击她的人。 Passengers were asked to identify their own suitcases before they were put on the plane. 乘客被要求先确认自己的旅行箱再送上飞机。 - identify yourself
Many of those arrested refused to identify themselves (= would not say who they were). 很多被逮捕的人拒不透露身份。 - identify somebody/something as somebody/something
The bodies were identified as those of two suspected drug dealers. 那两具尸体被辨认出原是两名贩毒嫌疑犯。 - identify somebody/something by something
two species of waterbirds that can be identified by their distinctive beaks 通过它们独特的喙可以识别的两种水鸟
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmenta2All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. 这 3 座建筑全都建于 3 世纪，并且被初步鉴定为神庙。 Did you identify all the pictures correctly? 你把所有照片都认对了吗？ I could identify him easily if I saw him again. 如果再见到他，我很容易就能把他认出来。 Jaime successfully identified all 45 different species. 杰米成功辨别出全部 45 个品种。 Most students failed to identify the quotation. 多数学生没能找出那条引语。 Ms. Wilson was publicly identified as a CIA operative. 威尔逊女士被公开指认为中情局特工。 The newspaper declined to identify the source of the allegations. 报社拒绝透露那些说法的来源。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- rightly
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- be able to
- be unable to
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- efforts to identify somebody/something
- a means of identifying somebody/something
- a way of identifying somebody/something
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- closely
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- closely
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- identify somebody/something
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to find or discover somebody/something 找到；发现 - identify somebody/something
First of all we must identify the problem areas. 首先我们必须找出问题所在。 Scientists have identified the gene responsible for the disease. 科学家已经确定了导致这种疾病的基因。 As yet they have not identified a buyer for the company. 迄今为止他们还没有为公司找到买主。 to identify a need/factor/source/cause 确定需求/因素/来源/原因 - identify what, which, etc…
They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present system. 他们正试图弄清现行制度的弊端所在。
Extra ExamplesBusiness trends are rapidly identified by this system. 通过这个系统能迅速了解商业发展动态。 He has stepped up efforts to identify and acquire other small companies. 他加紧努力寻找并收购别的小公司。 The new test will enable us to identify more accurately patients who are most at risk. 新的检测方法将使我们能够更加准确地识别哪些病人的情况最危急。 The researchers hope to identify ways to improve the treatment. 研究人员希望找到提高治疗效果的方法。 a computer program to automatically identify any query ending with a question mark 一套自动识别以问号结尾的问句的计算机程序 We have not yet clearly identified the source of the pollution. 我们尚未确定污染源。 Scientists have identified a link between diet and cancer. 科学家发现了饮食与癌症之间的关联。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- rightly
- …
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
- efforts to identify somebody/something
- a means of identifying somebody/something
- a way of identifying somebody/something
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- closely
- completely
- fully
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- can
- closely
- clearly
- increasingly
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- identify somebody/something
- identify somebody/something (as somebody/something)
to make it possible to recognize who or what somebody/something is 显示；说明身份
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘treat as being identical with’): from medieval Latin identificare, from late Latin identitas (from Latin idem ‘same’) + Latin -ficare (from facere ‘make’).
Synonyms identifyidentify
- know
- recognize
- name
- make somebody/something out
- identify to be able to say who or what somebody/something is:
She was able to identify her attacker. 她认出了袭击她的人。
- know
to be able to say who or what something is when you see or hear it because you have seen or heard it before 指能认出、能辨认出 - recognize to know who somebody is or what something is when you see or hear them/it, because you have seen or heard them/it before:
I recognized him as soon as he came in the room. 他一进屋我就认出了他。
- name to say the name of somebody/something in order to show that you know who/what they are:
The victim has not yet been named. 受害人的姓名仍未得知。
- make somebody/something out to manage to see or hear somebody/something that is not very clear:
I could just make out a figure in the darkness. 黑暗中我只看出了一个人的轮廓。
- to identify/know/recognize somebody/something by something
- to identify/recognize/name somebody/something as somebody/something
- to identify/know/recognize/make out who/what/how…
- to easily/barely/just identify/recognize/make out somebody/something