When we have an isolated system, the criterion that determineswhether something happens spontaneously is the entropy has to increase.

对于孤立系统,决定一个过程是否自发发生的判据为：,熵必须增加。

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It's easy to know what nucleotide to put in each position as you're going along and polymerizing a new molecule.

这使得复制过程中决定下一个核苷酸位点,应该用哪一个核苷酸更为容易

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In those moves when I accept the body theory, I'm inclined to say, no, follow the brain.

在我接受肉体论的过程中，我认为，不，应该由大脑决定。

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This depends on the path. It tells you right here the path is constant pressure. These don't depend on the path, right. V doesn't care how you v get there. u doesn't care how you get there.

这由变化的具体路径决定,这个小脚标表明过程是恒压的,这些量都与具体路径无关,即不管是通过什么路径使得体积变化为Δ

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It has to stay relevant to the market, so nobody really knows where these interest rates come from because no one person sets them.

交易价格必须与市场价格一致,因此没有人能确定,利率的决定过程,因为个人无法决定利率

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So I'm making whatever decisions I can make along the way.

所以我会在这个过程中,作出我所有可能的决定。

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