recognize

recognize 认识，认出

re-,再，重新，cognize,认识，认出，词源同 know.

recognize

recognize: [15] Latin gnōscere ‘become acquainted’ came from the same prehistoric Indo-European base, *gnō-, as produced English know. Combination with the prefix co- ‘with’ gave cognōscere ‘know’ (source of English cognition, quaint, etc). And this in turn had the prefix re- ‘again’ added to it to produce recognōscere ‘know again’, which found its way into English via reconniss-, the stem of Old French reconnaistre (the -ize ending is an English introduction).

English has three noun derivatives of the verb: recognition [15], from Latin recognitiō; recognizance [14], now purely a legal term, borrowed from Old French reconnissance and remodelled on the basis of recognize; and reconnaissance [19], borrowed from modern French during the Napoleonic wars. Reconnoitre [18] comes from the now obsolete French reconnoître, which like its surviving variant reconnaître goes back to Latin recognōscere.
=> cognition, know, quaint, reconnaissance, reconnoitre

recognize (v.)

early 15c., "resume possession of land," back-formation from recognizance, or else from Old French reconoiss-, stem of reconoistre "to know again, identify, recognize," from Latin recognoscere "acknowledge, recall to mind, know again; examine; certify," from re- "again" (see re-) + cognoscere "know" (see cognizance). Meaning "know again, recall or recover the knowledge of, perceive an identity with something formerly known or felt" first recorded 1530s. Related: Recognized; recognizing.

1. Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?

为什么成年人总是那么一本正经，对好点子反应那么迟缓呢？

2. Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.

大多数医生似乎都接受顺势疗法是一种合理的医疗手段。

3. He did not think she could recognize his car in the snow.

他觉得她在雪天里认不出他的车子。

4. She looked so haunted, I almost didn't recognize her.

她愁容满面，我差点儿没认出她来。

5. She's adopted so many disguises her own mother wouldn't recognize her.

她如此乔装改扮，连她妈妈都认不出她了。

【acknowledge, admit, confess, recognize, concede】
这些动词均含“承认”之意。
acknowledge: 通常指公开承认某事的真实情况或自己的过错。
admit: 强调因外力或良心驱使或经判断而明确承认，多含不情愿或被迫意味。
confess: 语气较强，着重承认自己意识到的错误或罪行，含坦白忏悔的意味。
recognize: 作“承认”解时，系书面用词，主要指合法的或外交上的承认，也指公认。
concede: 指在事实与证据面前勉强或不得不承认。

【understand, recognize, perceive, learn, comprehension】
understand: 理解
recognize: 认出，认得
perceive: 察觉，理解
learn: 学会
comprehension: 理解

【recognize, identify, make out】
这组词都有“认出，识别”的意思，其区别是：
recognize: 指所辨认的人或物多是以前所熟悉的。
identify: 指辨别、确定人的身份或物品的归属等。
make out: 通常指通过人的感觉器官来辨别事物。