| 单词 | recognize |
| 释义 | recognize —recognizable /rek"euhg nuy'zeuh beuhl, rek'euhg nuy"-/, adj. —recognizability, n. —recognizably, adv. —recognizer, n. /rek"euhg nuyz'/, v.t., recognized, recognizing. 1. to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him. 2. to identify from knowledge of appearance or characteristics: I recognized him from the description. They recognized him as a fraud. 3. to perceive as existing or true; realize: to be the first to recognize a fact. 4. to acknowledge as the person entitled to speak at a particular time: The Speaker recognized the Congressman from Maine. 5. to acknowledge formally as entitled to treatment as a political unit: The United States promptly recognized Israel. 6. to acknowledge or accept formally a specified factual or legal situation: to recognize a successful revolutionary regime as the de facto government of the country. 7. to acknowledge or treat as valid: to recognize a claim. 8. to acknowledge acquaintance with, as by a greeting, handshake, etc. 9. to show appreciation of (achievement, service, merit, etc.), as by some reward, public honor, or the like. 10. Law. to acknowledge (an illegitimate child) as one's own. 11. Biochem. , Immunol. to bind with, cleave, or otherwise react to (another substance) as a result of fitting its molecular shape or a portion of its shape. Also, esp. Brit., recognise. [1425-75; RECOGN(ITION) + -IZE; r. late ME racunnysen, recognisen < OF reconuiss-, s. of reconuistre < L recognoscere, equiv. to re- RE- + cognoscere to KNOW1; see COGNITION] Syn. 3. acknowledge, appreciate, understand, grant, concede. |
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