它们“想”以小提琴琴弦一样的方式在给定的频率上进行振动——在小提琴中，以几乎任何形式馈入系统中的少量能量产生了振动。

They "want" to oscillate at a given frequency in the same way that a violin string does — a small amount of energy fed into the system, in almost any form, creates the oscillation.

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杰拉尔德的小提琴弦是用肠线而不是钢丝制成的。

Gerald's violin strings are made of gut rather than steel.

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压力对于人的身体状况就像拉力对于小提琴的琴弦一样。拉力太小，发出的乐音又闷又刺耳。

Stress is to the human condition what tension is to the violin string: too little and the music is dull and raspy; too much and the music is shrill or the string snaps.

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