Psychologists have long held that a person's character cannot undergo a transformation in any meaningful way and that the key traits of personality are determined at a very young age.

心理学家长期以来一直认为，一个人的性格不可能以任何有意义的方式发生转变，性格的关键特征在很小的时候就已经决定了。

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People have long held the idea that truth, as you know it, is universal.

人们早就有了这个观点，真理是普遍的，这你是知道的。

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I have long held that our society is a big family and we should help and love each other.

我一直觉得，全社会是一家人，我们应该相互帮助相互关爱。

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The courts have long held that the IRS cannot use subjective, "value-laden" tests in administering nonprofit status.

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Physicists have long held the view that the rate of breakdown - or decay - for any given radioactive substance is constant.

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Americans have long held entrenched positions on the Affordable Care Act.

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