1610s, as a term in logic, from Medieval Latin identicus "the same," from Late Latin identitas "identity, sameness," ultimately from comb. form of Latin idem "the same" (from id "it, that one;" see id) + demonstrative suffix -dem. General sense of "being the same or very similar" is from 1630s. Replaced Middle English idemptical (late 15c.), from Medieval Latin idemptitas "identity," from Latin idem. Related: Identically.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The identical treatment of such dissimilar items is totally illogical.
對(duì)如此不同的東西用一模一樣的處理方法是完全不合邏輯的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The two parties fought the last election on almost identical manifestos.
兩個(gè)政黨以幾乎完全相同的競(jìng)選宣言參加了上次競(jìng)選。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny, identical organisms.
珊瑚礁是由許多相同的微生物不斷堆積而成。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Somewhere in the depths of the pine forest an identical sound reverberated.