facial recognition

/ˈfeɪʃəl ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/· n

科技/公共安全B2

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Chinese meaning

人脸识别

自zì动dòng分fēn析xī面miàn部bù特tè征zhēng以yǐ识shí别bié身shēn份fèn的de技jì术shù

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指zhǐ美měi国guóDHS向xiàng警jǐng方fāng提tí供gōng的de人rén脸liǎn识shí别bié移yí动dòng应yìng用yòng

Example

The DHS plans to give local police a facial recognition app to identify suspects in real time.

美国国土安全部计划向地方警察提供一款人脸识别应用,以便实时识别嫌疑人。

Background ✎

DHS向xiàng警jǐng方fāng推tuī出chū人rén脸liǎn识shí别bié应yìng用yòng,引yǐn发fā隐yǐn私sī权quán与yǔ执zhí法fǎ权quán双shuāng重chóng争zhēng议yì

Roots · etymology

拉丁 facies(脸形/外观)+ cognoscere(认识/知晓),合义再次辨认出某人

  • faci-(脸,拉丁 facies) + -al(形容词后缀);re-(再次) + cogni-(认知,拉丁 cognoscere) + -tion(名词后缀)

Collocations

  • facial recognition technology / facial recognition software / facial recognition database

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