identify
verb
aɪˈdentɪəfaɪ verb
1 to recognize and correctly name someone or something 认出，识别〔某人或某物〕
He was too far away to be able to identify faces.
他离得太远，认不出那些面孔。
The police took fingerprints and identified the body .
警方采集了指纹，对尸体作了身份确认。
identify sb/sth as sb/sth
Eye witnesses identified the gunman as an army sergeant.
目击者认出了枪手是一名陆军中士。
The aircraft were identified as American.
那些飞机被认出是美国的。
2 to 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.
他们发现了一些有问题的区域。
3 if a particular thing identifies someone or something, it makes them easy to recognize 表明…的身份
identify sb as sb
His accent identified him as a Frenchman.
他的口音表明他是法国人。
4
identify with sb/sth
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。
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identify sb with sth
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.
她一直被视为与左翼激进派别关系密切。
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identify sth with sb/sth
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/某物紧密关联
the attempt to identify crime with poverty and social problems
把犯罪等同于贫穷和社会问题的尝试