考研英語長難句|Day138

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今日長難句

One difficulty is that almost all of what is called behavioral science continues to trace behavior to states of mind, feelings, traits of character, human nature, and so on.

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詞彙解析

states of mind 心態

trait 特徵

trace A to B 追蹤到 A 的 B

trace n. 痕跡;微量

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結構分析

主幹:主語difficulty + 系is + 表語從句that...

修飾:介詞短語of what...修飾 all,兩者看作整體 almost all of sth(幾乎所有)

修飾:固定用法 trace A to B(追蹤到 A 的 B)舉例:traced him to an address(追蹤到他的 地址)這裡的介詞to表示結果

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參考譯文

One difficulty is that almost allof what is called behavioral sciencecontinues to trace behaviorto states of mind, feelings, traits of character, human nature, and so on.

困難之一在於:幾乎所有、所謂的行爲科學

一直在追蹤人類行爲,比如:心態、情感、性格特徵、人性等方面。