identify

特定する、識別する

人や物を見分けて、誰なのか、何なのかを明らかにする。

やさしい英語で： To recognize someone or something and say who or what they are.

• Can you identify this bird?
• The witness identified the driver.
• We have identified the cause of the problem.

使い方： identify someone/something as someone/something (She identified the bird as a robin.)

類義語： recognize, name, pinpoint

よく使う表現： identify a suspect, identify something as, identify the cause

共感する、感情移入する

似た経験や気持ちを持つために、相手の気持ちが分かる。

やさしい英語で： To understand another person’s feelings because you have felt or experienced something similar.

• I identify with her worries.
• He identified with the young hero.
• Can you identify with someone whose life is very different?

使い方： identify with someone/something (Many readers identify with the lonely child in the story.)

類義語： relate to, empathize with

よく使う表現： identify with someone, identify with something

示す、識別する

誰なのか、何なのかを、はっきり分かるように示す。

やさしい英語で： To show clearly who someone is or what something is.

• His badge identifies him as a doctor.
• The label identifies the contents of the bottle.
• A red mark identifies the correct entrance.

使い方： identify someone/something by something (The tags identify each animal by number.); identify someone as something (His uniform identifies him as a police officer.)

類義語： indicate, distinguish

よく使う表現： identify someone clearly, identify the owner, identify something by

結びつける、同一視する

人や物を、ある集団、考え、性質と強く結びつけて捉える。

やさしい英語で： To connect someone or something closely with a group, idea, or quality.

• She identifies strongly with the movement.
• The brand is identified with luxury.
• People identified him with the old political system.

使い方： identify someone/something with someone/something (The public identifies the singer with that campaign.); be identified with something (The town is closely identified with shipbuilding.)

類義語： associate, link

よく使う表現： identify someone with, identify with something

同一視する、一体化する

異なる物事を同じものとして扱う、または一つにまとめる。

やさしい英語で： To treat different things as the same, or join them into one.

• The theory identifies mind with matter.
• We should not identify wealth with success.
• The proposal identifies the interests of workers with those of the company.

使い方： identify something with something (The argument identifies happiness with pleasure.)

類義語： equate, unite

反対語： differentiate, separate

よく使う表現： identify something with, identify the two