转移行为的发生是因为动物有两种相互冲突的驱动力——两种相互矛盾的冲动，在这种情况下，就是恐惧和饥饿。

Displacement occurs because the animal's got two conflicting drives—two competing urges, in this case, fear and hunger.

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塞特拉基安说，"看，她又把矛盾话题转移到丈夫身上了。"

Setrakian said, "See, she’s turned it into a conversation about him again."

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我试着搁置恐惧，通过报道他人的生活来转移自己的注意力，但始终逃脱不掉我生活中的核心矛盾。

I tried to compartmentalize my fears, distract myself by reporting on the lives of other people, but there was no escaping the central conflict in my life.

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