分析一下句子结构,while引导的状语从句,但是这几个that是啥成分,引导的名词性从句么While Ngan tried to explain that she was studying the processes involved in the construction of identity, many assumed that she was a historian or a genealogist and that her main objective was to study their family history.
identity这里是身份的意思
柯林斯英汉双解大辞典
identity /aɪˈdɛntɪtɪ/
1.
可数名词 Your identity is who you are. 身份
例:
Abu is not his real name, but it's one he uses to disguise his identity.
阿布不是他的真名,而是一个他用来掩盖自己身份的假名。