2FIND OUTto recognize something or discover exactly what it is, what its nature or origin is etc 确定;发现
Scientists have identified the gene that causes abnormal growth.
科学家已发现造成畸形发育的基因。
They identified a number of problem areas.
他们发现了一些出现问题的区域。
3SHOW/BE A SIGN OFif a particular thing identifies someone or something, it makes them easy to recognize 表明…的身份
identify somebody as somebody
His accent identified him as a Frenchman.
他的口音表明他是法国人。
4identify withphrasal verbphr v
a)identify with somebody/something to feel sympathy with someone or be able to share their feelings 认同某人/某物,与某人/某物有同感
Humans can easily identify with the emotional expressions of chimpanzees.
人类很容易对黑猩猩的情感表达产生共鸣。
He identified with our distress.
他体谅我们的痛苦。
b)identify somebody with something to think that someone is very closely related to or involved with something such as a political group 认为某人与某事物〔如政治派别等〕关系紧密
She has always been identified with the radical left.
她一直被认为与左翼激进派别关系密切。
c)identify something with somebody/something to think that something is the same as, or closely related to, something else 将某物等同于另一物;认为某物与某人/某物有密切关联
the attempt to identify crime with poverty and social problems
把犯罪等同于贫穷和社会问题的做法
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identify with• Which of the characters do you most identify with?• Winters believes she has been successful because people identify with her and trust her.• We can all identify with these people in their desire for freedom and independence.
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identify• Experts are examining the wreckage, but the cause of the accident has not yet been identified.• Police hope that a member of the public will be able to identify a man seen acting suspiciously a few hours before the murder took place.• The airline says it will be difficult to identify all the bodies retrieved from the crash.• Most plants in our aquariumsidentified as A. crispus are actually hybrids that were produced in nature or under artificial conditions.• The girl, identified as Shelly Barnes, fell from the window when her mother's back was turned.• Dubois was identified by immigration control, and arrested at Kennedy airport.• We identified co-operative federalism with concurrent powers as a contrast to competitive federalism and exclusive powers.• The victimidentified her attacker in court.• An element of public accountability can also be identified in the recurrentattentions of elected Members of Parliament.• This will help you identify little-word buildup and, eventually, cut little words before you write them.• What matters is to identify problems and opportunities.• Greg had to identify the body of his wife.• proposals to identify the fathers of children born to single mothers• Sara identified the man as Kang, a notoriousgangleader and drugbaron.• Can you identify the man who robbed you?• And both offices have identified the need to pay volunteers something for their work, or lose them altogether.• Researchers have identified the substances which can cause allergies.• After years of research, scientists have identified the virus that is responsible for the disease.• Those friends, who were not identified, were invited by Bonin to witness the execution.
identified the body• The police took fingerprints from it and identified the body.• Voice over Mrs Garvey's uncle Richard Moore, who formally identified the bodies, attended the inquest.