...are seldom able to identify their offenders...(Para. 15)
identify: vt. determine exactly who someone is or what something is
Please note that you learned this word in passage B, Unit 2. Be sure to learn how to use the word correctly!
I've seen enough criminal trials to know victims of armed attacks are seldom able to identify their offenders because their attention focuses on the guns, rather than on their users. 我看過(guò)許多刑事審判，因而知道在那些武裝襲擊的受害者中，很少有人能夠辨認(rèn)出襲擊他們的人，因?yàn)樗麄兊淖⒁饬θ性跇屔?，而沒(méi)有放在持槍人上。(Para. 15)
He asked me to come to the station and identify these two robbers in the photos they kept. 他讓我到警局去從他們弄到的照片上辯認(rèn)那兩個(gè)疑犯。(Para. 30)
offender: n. a person who offends against the law
offend: v. 1. break a law, etc.
What he had done offended against the rules of proper behavior. 他的所作所為違背了行為舉止得體的準(zhǔn)則。
2. make someone feel upset or angry
When you visit another country and do not understand the customs, it is easy to offend people. 當(dāng)你訪問(wèn)一個(gè)國(guó)家，而不了解該國(guó)的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣，就很容易讓人不愉快。
They were offended when she did not come to their wedding. 她沒(méi)有參加他們的婚禮，他們對(duì)此很不高興。