reidentify
verb [ T ] (also re-identify) uk/ˌriː.aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪ/ us/ˌriː.aɪˈden.t̬ə.faɪ/
重新识别
to say or think that someone or something is a different person or thing to the person or thing that you said or thought they were before
Some teeth that scientists had thought belonged to crocodiles have been reidentified as belonging to a dinosaur. 一些科学家曾认为属于鳄鱼的牙齿现已被重新鉴定为属于恐龙。
We now had enough evidence to reidentify the body.
重新确认
to say again who or what someone or something is
Let me just reidentify tonight's speaker. 让我重新确认一下今晚的发言人。
We need to re-identify the main issue for the public.
认出
to recognize someone or something that you have seen or heard before
Our memories help us to reidentify the things we encounter on different occasions.
I found it hard to re-identify the characters after the commercial break. 我发现很难在广告中断后再分清角色。
- More examples
- Forensic teams used DNA to reidentify many of the victims.
- New research means that some of the people in the portraits can now be re-identified.
- Our sense organs allows us to identify and re-identify particular objects in the world.