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今日长难句

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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词汇解析

states of mind 心态

trait 特征

trace A to B 追踪到 A 的 B

trace n. 痕迹;微量

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结构分析

主干:主语difficulty + 系is + 表语从句that...

修饰:介词短语of what...修饰 all,两者看作整体 almost all of sth(几乎所有)

修饰:固定用法 trace A to B(追踪到 A 的 B)举例:traced him to an address(追踪到他的 地址)这里的介词to表示结果

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参考译文

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

困难之一在于:几乎所有、所谓的行为科学

一直在追踪人类行为,比如:心态、情感、性格特征、人性等方面。