You have what we can call an external locus of control.

你有我们所说的外部控制点。

Would Solzhenitsyn have been as great of a literary figure if he had an external locus of control?

如果索尔仁尼琴有一个外部控制点，他还会是伟大的文学大师吗？

And so if Solzhenitsyn had an external locus of control, he would never have gotten to know himself in prison.

因此，如果索尔仁尼琴有一个外部控制点，他就永远不会在监狱里认识自己。

If you take on an external locus of control, you give up responsibility for the outcomes of your own life and become a victim.

如果你接受了外部控制点，你就放弃了对自己生活结果的责任，成为一个受害者。

Meanwhile, the opposite was true for those who believed the planchette was moved by some outside force: They reported a more external locus of control.

与此同时，对于那些相信通灵板被某种外力移动的人来说，情况正好相反：他们属于更外部的控制点。

A person with an external locus of control believes that their life is largely out of their control and that they are simply at the mercy of other people, luck, or fate.

有外部控制点的人认为他们的生活在很大程度上不受他们的控制，他们只是受其他人、运气或命运的摆布。

A person with a strong internal locus of control feels that they're mainly responsible for their outcomes in life, while a person with an external locus of control will give more credit to things like fate, luck, and chance.

一个有强烈内在控制点的人会觉得他们主要对自己的生活结果负责，而一个有外在控制点的人会把更多的功劳归于命运、运气和机会。