Explain Unfinished Revolution Status Historians Recently Begun Emphasize

意群训练： To explain this unfinished revolution in the status of women ，historians have recently begun to emphasize the way a prevailing definition of femininity often determines the kinds of work allocated to women ，even when such allocation is inappropriate to new conditions .

标志： /To explain this unfinished revolution (in the status of women)/, historians have recently begun to emphasize the way ［that a prevailing definition (of femininity) often determines the kinds of work (allocated to women）, /even when such allocation is inappropriate to new conditions/］.

译文： /为了解释这个（女性地位的）未完成的革命/，历史学家们 近来开始强调 ［（对女性特点的）一个流行的定义 经常决定着 （分配给女性的）工作的种类 ］的这种方式 ，/即使这种分配不适用于新情况/。

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