Then look at the rhetorical question that follows, loss of identity is a big theme in this novel.

然后看看接下来的反问，身份的丧失是这部小说的一个大主题。

Travelling alone can lead to a loss of identity.

【identity】单身旅行会导致个性的丧失。

Indeed, old age for them, and many old Americans can mean not only the possible failure of one's health but the loss of identity and self-worth.

的确，老龄化对他们和许多美国老人来说，不仅意味着一个人的健康可能出现问题，还意味着身份和自我价值的丧失。

Indeed, old age for them, and many older Americans can mean not only the possible failure of one's health, but the loss of identity and self-worth.

其实，对他们和许多美国的老年人来说，老年不仅意味着一个人可能的健康衰竭，而且意味着身份和自我价值的丧失。

The initial trauma of the humiliation of the arrest, the booking, strip-searching and waiting, immediately kicked off a loss of identity in the prisoners.

逮捕的羞辱、 预订、 脱衣搜身和等待的最初创伤，立即导致囚犯的身份丧失。

Even Bettsbridge or Shadd's Falls would not have been sufficiently aware of her, and in the greater cities which attracted Ethan she would have suffered a complete loss of identity.

即使是 Bettsbridge 或 Shadd's Falls 也不会充分了解她，而在吸引 Ethan 的大城市里，她会完全失去身份。

It's as in these movies cases where you lose your memory because something terrible has happened and you would get it back later but you have a temporary loss of identity.

就像在这些电影中的情况一样，你会因为发生了可怕的事情而失去记忆，稍后你会恢复记忆，但你暂时失去了身份。

By avoiding distractions you have often, in your work, given it duration.You do not fear such a seeming loss of identity when it involves an immersion of self in idea.You should not fear it either in psychological time experiments.

借着避免分心，你在工作中经常给它一段持续时间。当涉及到沉浸在想法中的自己时，你并不害怕这种似乎失去本体身份的状态。在心理时间的实验中，你也不应该害怕它。