English Dictionary

identify

IPA（発音記号）

/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/

動詞

他動詞 再帰形 自動詞 as 構文

(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something. / (transitive) To disclose the identity of someone. / (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）誰かまたは何かの正体を確定する / （他動詞）誰かの身元を明らかにする / （他動詞、生物学）生物の分類を決定する、または同定する

We need to identify the cause of the leak before it gets worse.

悪化する前に漏れの原因を特定する必要がある。

意味（1）

(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.

It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.

意味（2）

(transitive) To disclose the identity of someone.

The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.

意味（3）

(transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.

A recent biological inventory uncovered 41 species and 2 subspecies of insects new to science and many species not before identified in the State of Washington.

意味（4）

(transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.

Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and their rulers.

意味（5）

(reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.

Der Traum erhält eine neue Deutung, wenn sie im Traum nicht sich, sondern die Freundin meint, wenn sie sich an die Stelle der Freundin gesetzt oder, wie wir sagen können, sich mit ihr identifiziert hat. The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.

Now, the vast majority of us identify with the second group, the one that believes in trusting the wisdom of the people rather than taking power away from them and concentrating it in the other hands.

意味（7）

(intransitive, with as) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.

The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress, said study first author Yue Zhao.

identifies （ present singular third-person ）

identifying （ participle present ）

identified （ participle past ）

identified （ past ）