i·den·ti·fy
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/
/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they identify | /aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/ /aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it identifies | /aɪˈdentɪfaɪz/ /aɪˈdentɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple identified | /aɪˈdentɪfaɪd/ /aɪˈdentɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle identified | /aɪˈdentɪfaɪd/ /aɪˈdentɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form identifying | /aɪˈdentɪfaɪɪŋ/ /aɪˈdentɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- (also informal ID)to recognize somebody/something and be able to say who or what they are
认出；辨认 - 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
可以靠它们独特的喙来辨别的两种水鸟
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmenta2- All 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
- …
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
- efforts to identify somebody/something
- a means of identifying somebody/something
- a way of identifying somebody/something
- …
- closely
- completely
- fully
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- can
- closely
- clearly
- increasingly
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- identify somebody/something She was able to identify her attacker.
- 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.
科学家们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 Examples- Business 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.
科学家们已经发现饮食与癌症之间存在联系。
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
- …
- closely
- completely
- fully
- …
- can
- closely
- clearly
- increasingly
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- identify somebody/something First of all we must identify the problem areas.
- identify somebody/something (as somebody/something) to make it possible to recognize who or what somebody/something is
显示；说明身份 - In many cases, the clothes people wear identify them as belonging to a particular social class.
很多情况下，人们的穿着显示出他们的社会阶层。 - a serial number that uniquely identifies the disk
用于逐一区分光盘的序列号
- In many cases, the clothes people wear identify them as belonging to a particular social class.
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 identifyidentifyknow ▪ recognize ▪ name ▪ make somebody/something outThese words all mean to be able to see or hear somebody/something and especially to be able to say who or what they are.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。
- I recognized him as soon as he came in the room.
他一进屋我就认出了他。
- The victim has not yet been named.
受害人的姓名尚未公布。
- 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