来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论第13集》

something which is stable over time.

随时间稳定存在的东西
And your question, which is a good one, is,

你的问题很好
"How do we know it's stable over time?"

"我们怎么知道它随时间而稳定"
Can't it change? And the answer is "Yeah."

它能改变吗答案是"是的"
A lot of personality does change over time.

很多个性都会随时间改变
A personality test you give to a ten-year-old will relate

一个针对十岁小孩的个性测验
but not so strongly with that individual when he's fifty.

也可以用于五十岁的个体但不够有效
On the other hand,

还句话说
we know that the psychological claim

我们知道心理学
that there exists such a thing as personality

与存在的所谓个性有关
and it is stable over time.

它随时间而稳定
It's supported by the fact that

可以作为证据的是