identify

identify, recognize, make out

这些动词均含“认出、识别”之意。
identify: 指辨别、确定人的身份或物品的归属等。
recognize: 指所辨认的人或物多是以前所熟悉的。
make out: 通常指通过人的感觉器官来辨别事物。

动词 identify:

1. recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
   同义词：place
2. give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
   同义词：name
3. consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
4. conceive of as united or associated
5. identify as in botany or biology, for example
   同义词：discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
6. consider to be equal or the same

1. I found it hard to identify with any of the characters in the film.
   我对这部影片里的任何角色都难以认同。
2. She identified that the man was her attacker.
   她认出那个男人就是袭击过她的人。
3. One can not identify happiness with wealth.
   幸福和财富不能混为一谈。
4. Can you identify your umbrella among this lot?
   你能在这些伞中认出你自己的伞吗？

i.den.ti.fy

v.（动词）
i.den.ti.fied,i.den.ti.fy.ing,i.den.ti.fies
v.tr.（及物动词）
To establish the identity of.
建立一致性
To ascertain the origin, nature, or definitive characteristics of.
确认，验明：确定…的起源、性质或起决定作用的特征
Biology To determine the taxonomic classification of (an organism).
【生物学】 确定（有机体的）类别等级
To consider as identical or united; equate.
认为等同于或完全一致；使相等
To associate or affiliate (oneself) closely with a person or group.
融入：使（自己）与其他人或人群密切联系或依附于他们
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To establish an identification with another or others.
成为一体：与另一个人或其他人保持一致

来源：
Medieval Latin identific3re [to make to resemble]
中世纪拉丁语 identific3re [使相象]
Late Latin identit3s [identity] * see identity
后期拉丁语 identit3s [一致性] *参见 identity
Latin -fic3re [-fy]
拉丁语 -fic3re [后缀，表.使.]

【引伸】
iden.tifi.able
adj.（形容词）
iden.tifi.ably
adv.（副词）
iden.tifi.er
n.（名词）
In the sense .to associate or affiliate (oneself) closely with a person or group,.identify has developed two distinct subsenses. In one, the verb suggests a psychological empathy with the feelings or experiences of another person,as inMost young readers readily identify (or identify themselves ) with Holden Caulfield. This usage derives originally from psychoanalytic writing,where it has a specific technical sense,but like other terms from that field,it was widely regarded as jargon when introduced into the wider discourse.In particular,critics seized on the fact that in this sense the verb was often used intransitively,with no reflexive pronoun.As Wilson Follett wrote in 9'',.The critic . . . could help restore the true notion in these words if he would give upidentifying at large and resume identifying himself with Ivan Karamazov, Don Quixote, Mary Poppins, or whomever.. In recent years, however, this use ofidentify with without the reflexive has become a standard locution. Eighty-two percent of the Usage Panel accepts the sentenceI find it hard to identify with any of his characters; whereas only '3 percent now accepts this same usage when the reflexive pronoun is used,as inI find it hard to identify myself with any of his characters. · Omission of the reflexive with this use ofidentify serves among other things to distinguish it from use of the verb to mean .to associate (oneself) with the goals, interests, or principles of a group.. This use of the verb can be traced back to the 8th century,but it is now somewhat less acceptable to the Panel than the first sense under discussion:58 percent of the Panel accepts the sentenceShe identified herself with the campaign against drug abuse, and only 40 percent acceptsShe identified with the campaign against drug abuse, where no reflexive pronoun is used.
在.使（自己）密切联系或依附于别人.这一意思中的。identify 一词又有两种不同的含义。 第一，这个动词表现了对其他人的感情或经历在心理上的认同，例如大多数青年读者很快认同了 （或 identify themselves ) 霍尔顿·科尔菲德。 这种用法来源于有关心理分析的著作，在这些著作中，这个词具有特殊的科技含义，不过就象从该领域引入的其它词语一样，这个词在日常生活使用中还带有专业术语的痕迹。特别指出的是，批评家们在发现这个词常常作为不及物动词来用，后面不带反身代词。正如威尔逊·福勒特9''年写到的，.如果评论家们很早就全面放弃identifying 而重新使用 identifying himself with 伊万·卡拉玛佐夫、堂吉诃德、玛丽·波普斯等人物，那就会有助于探询出这些词的真实含意。. 不过，近年来使用identify with 中间不加反身代词已成为一种标准搭配。 用法专题小组中82%的成员认为我觉得很难认同于他小说中的人物 一句是正确的； 而现在只有'3%的成员接受使用反身代词来表达同一意思的句子，即I find it hard to identify myself with any of his characters。 省略反身代词以及其它一些方法，使identify 这种用法区别于它作为动词在.与某个集团的目标、利益或原则相联系.一句中的意思。 它作为动词的用法可追溯到8世纪，不过对于用法专题小组来说它没有第一种解释那样被易于接受：58%的小组成员接受她支持反对滥用药物的运动 这一说法， 只有40%的成员接受不要反身代词的She identified with the campaign against drug abuse 这一说法