Another senior defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said last week that any change in the complex series of agreements could unravel the entire plan, which was 15 years in the making.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Because if you think about it, suicide doesn't change the fundamental nature of the human condition, life followed by death.

因为如果你考虑一下，自杀没有改变人类处境的基本本质，生后即是死。

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This Is our condition for spontaneous change.

这就是自发变化的条件。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Reagan hopes that someday it will be possible to change the status of Alzheimer's from the lethal condition that destroyed his father's mind, to a chronic disease that victims and their families can manage with dignity and even hope.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

And the motivation for choosing a pair like that is easy to see, if we look at our condition for spontaneous change or general condition.

我们这样选择的动机,很明显，如果考察我们所考虑的自发变化的条件,或者更一般的条件。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

That's our condition for spontaneous change.

这就是自发变化的条件。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选