核心畫面
You can picture identify as holding something up against a known identity and confirming they are the same one: you look at a face, a plant, a signature, and you say 'yes, that is exactly who/what it is'.
可以想成把眼前的東西，跟一個「已知的身份」對上、確認它們是同一個。你看著一張臉、一株植物、一個簽名，然後說「對，就是…更多收起
可以想成把眼前的東西，跟一個「已知的身份」對上、確認它們是同一個。你看著一張臉、一株植物、一個簽名，然後說「對，就是這個、就是這個人」——identify 的核心動作比較像這種「對上、認定是同一個」。From the word’s history
identify comes via Late/Medieval Latin identificare 'to make the same', from Latin idem 'the same' (the same root behind identity). To identify a thing is literally to establish that it is 'the same one' as a known identity.
identify 來自晚期／中世紀拉丁文 identificare「使成為同一個」，字根是拉丁文 idem「同一個」（也是 identity 身份的來源）。所以「辨認」在字源上就是「確認它跟某個已知的身份是同一個」，這正好對上今天的核心畫面。
etymonline.com/word/identity ; etymonline.com/word/idem
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
identifyverb/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/
- 1
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.
- The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card.
- 2
To disclose the identity of someone.
- The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.
- 3
biologynatural-sciencesTo 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.
- 4
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.
- 18 February, 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech on Economical Reform Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
- 5
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.
- Cash endures because his most well-known songs—“I Walk the Line” and “Ring of Fire” among them—weave deeply personal narratives with which listeners of all stripes can effortlessly identify.
- 6
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.
- My lover and I are arguing about time. Specifically how much time I'm devoting to AIDS Action. […] I try not to take her accusations to heart. That is, until she says it. "You're more gay-identified than woman-identified."
- 7
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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。