在这段话里reduced,inhibited,located in,involved,分别是什么意思

J. B. Watson reduced thinking to inhibited speech located in the minute movements or tensions of the physiological mechanisms involved in speaking;

J. B. Watson reduced thinking to inhibited speech located in the minute movements or tensions of the physiological mechanisms involved in speaking;

(1)reduce A to B

使A变成B/使A简化为B(被动:A be reduced to B)

All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble.

城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。

Politics has been reduced to class struggle.

政治变成了阶级斗争。

使沦为，使陷入（不好的境地）

They were reduced to extreme poverty.他们陷入极端贫困的状态。

They wanted the army reduced to a police force.

他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。

(2)inhibited为过去分词作前置定语修饰名词“speech”,inhibited adj.受抑制的;受约束的;拘谨的

We are rather inhibited about touching each other.

我们对身体接触感觉很不自在。

(3)located in the minute为过去分词短语作定语修饰“speech”

(4)nvolved in speaking为过去分词短语作定语修饰“mechanisms”

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J. B. Watson reduced thinking to inhibited speech located in the minute movements or tensions of the physiological mechanisms involved in speaking;

reduce ：归纳

inhibited：拘束的，拘谨的

locate in：位于（located in过去分词做定语）

involve：包括，涉及（involved过去分词做定语）

但是翻译的过程中需要转换，不能直译

参考翻译：华生将思维归纳为限制性的语言行为，这种行为通过讲话时由生理机能所产生的微小动作或紧张感表现出来。