单词 | identify |
释义 | identify —identifiable, adj. —identifiability, identifiableness, n. —identifier, n. /uy den"teuh fuy', i den"-/, v. , identified, identifying. v.t. 1. to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check. 2. to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him. 3. to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company. 4. to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually fol. by with): He preferred not to identify himself with that group. 5. Biol. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs. 6. Psychol. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification. v.i. 7. to experience psychological identification: The audience identified with the play's characters. [1635-45; < ML identificare, equiv. to identi(tas) IDENTITY + -ficare -FY] Syn. 1. distinguish, place, know, determine. |
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