identity

英 [a?'dent?t?] 美[a?'d?nt?ti]

近義詞nature

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFL中頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?identities;

1. 身份就是一個用來表達與本身實際相同、相符合的情況的一個詞語。

identity 身份，一致

ident-,一樣，-ity,名詞后綴。引申詞義身份，一致等。

identity: identity: [16] The historical meaning of identity is best preserved in its derivative identical [17] – ‘the same’. For its ultimate source was Latin idem ‘same’, a pronoun (formed from id ‘it, that one’ with the suffix -dem) used in English since the 17th century for referring to a previously cited author or text. This formed the basis of late Latin identitās, which meant literally ‘sameness’; the main meaning of its English descendant identity, ‘individuality, set of definitive characteristics’, arose from the notion of something always being the same or always being itself (rather than something else).
identity (n.): c. 1600, "sameness, oneness," from Middle French identité (14c.), from Late Latin (5c.) identitatem (nominative identitas) "sameness," from ident-, comb. form of Latin idem (neuter) "the same" (see identical); abstracted from identidem "over and over," from phrase idem et idem. [For discussion of Latin formation, see entry in OED.] Earlier form of the word in English was idemptitie (1560s), from Medieval Latin idemptitas. Term identity crisis first recorded 1954. Identity theft attested from 1995.

1. The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.: 查明殺手身份的重要線索是他的外號叫“花生”.

3. There are conflicting reports about the identity of the hostage.: 有關人質身份的報道相互矛盾。

4. These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible.: 這些制度使實現民族認同的主張成為可能。

5. It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations.: 這是一個關于種族歧視、身份錯位和期望落空的黑色喜劇。