怀勒说：“迄今为止，已‘验明正身’的物种约有190万个。”

"We're at about 1.9 million [identified] species right now," Wheeler said.

对这个饱受批评的英国秘密机构而言，此乃验明正身﹑声张己见的难得良机。

This was a rare opportunity for Britain’s beleaguered secret state to justify itself, and tell its side of the story.

对于实在吃不准真假的车票，旅客们还可借助退票窗的验票机，或者请工作人员帮忙“验明正身。”

For it is not sure true or false tickets, passengers can also help refund the ticket Windows machine, or ask staff for help, "positively identified".

虽然这道强烈的信号从来没有被验明正身，但天文学家发现它在许多属性上更像是我们的世界中的，最终来源地可能是地球。

Although this strong signal was never positively identified, astronomers have identified in it many attributes characteristic of a more mundane and ultimately terrestrial origin.