identification
/aɪˌdentɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified辨认, 识别, 认出, 鉴定：
each child was tagged with a number for identification
每个孩子都系上数字标签加以识别
count noun it may be impossible for relatives to make positive identifications.要亲属作出肯定的识别也许是不可能的。
1.1
- a means of proving a person's identity, especially in the form of official papers身份证明（尤指官方文件）：
I asked to see his identification.
我要求看他的身份证明。
1.2
- a person's sense of identity with someone or something认同感：
children's identification with story characters.
儿童对故事人物的认同感。
1.3
- the association or linking of one thing with another（一事物与另一事物的）联系：
the growing identification of anti-slavery with political liberalism.
反奴隶制度与政治自由主义越来越被视为一体。
词源
mid 17th cent.: originally from medieval Latin identificat- 'identified', from the verb identificare; later from IDENTIFY.