喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture identity as the answer to 'which one is this, and is it the same one as before?' — the set of marks that lets you tell one person or thing apart from all the others and recognize it again.

可以想成一個問題：「這是哪一個？跟之前那一個是不是同一個？」identity 就是那些能把一個人或東西跟其他所有人事…更多收起可以想成一個問題：「這是哪一個？跟之前那一個是不是同一個？」identity 就是那些能把一個人或東西跟其他所有人事物區分開、並讓你下次再認出它的標記。先是「對外辨認」的那組事實（名字、長相、證件），再往內延伸成「我究竟是誰」的那種感受。

From the picture

對內的自我認同

同樣是「把這一個跟其他的分開」，只是辨認的對象從外在事實轉向內在：不再靠證件，而是靠一群人或一個人共有的特質、信念、感受，標出「我們是誰、我是誰」。

sense of self · noun · B2

The qualities, beliefs, and feelings that make a person or group different from others and show who they really are.

認同 / 自我

兩者完全相同

核心問句的另一半「是不是同一個？」走到極端：當答案是「兩者一模一樣、可視為同一個」，identity 就指這種完全等同的關係，常見於數學、邏輯這類較專門的語境。

being the same · noun · C1

The state of two things being exactly the same as each other.

同一 / 一致

Also in this word

who someone is · noun · B1

Who a person is, including their name and the facts that show one person is not another.

身分

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。

identitynoun/aɪˈdɛntɪti/

  • 1

    Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.

    • Benjamin Franklin established the identity of electricity and lightning.
    • But whenas a leſſer number of Agreements in each Paralleliſm (provided there were nothing contrary) could not but have been a ſtrong preſumption of the Identity of the Subjects of the Viſions in each Chapter, I mean, That the Two-horned Beaſt and the Whore are one, and the Seven-headed Beaſt in each Chapter the ſame; how fully aſſured muſt we needs be of theſe Identities, the Agreements of theſe two Paralleliſms (thoſe paſſages onely excepted of which I have given ſo fair an account) perfectly exhauſting the whole ſubſtance of each Chapter?
  • 2

    The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

    • I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.
    • This nation has a strong identity.
  • 3

    A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.

    • This criminal has taken on several identities.
    • In this show, the competitor's identity will remain secret until after the vote.
  • 4

    mathematicssciencesAn equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.

    • The equation (x+y)(x−y) = x²−y² is an algebraic identity. It is true regardless of the values of x and y.
  • 5

    algebracomputingengineeringAny function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.

  • 6

    algebramathematicssciencesAn element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.

    • Zero is the identity for the addition of real numbers.
  • 7

    A well-known or famous person.

    • The body of a well known old identity named James Conroy […] was found in the water yesterday afternoon…
    • The 79-year-old man who died days after he was struck by a car in Westport was a local identity who was well known for his walks around town.

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。