Scientists believe that gravity, electromagnetic force, strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force are the Four Basic Forces of the universe.

科学家们认为，万有引力、电磁力、弱力和强力是宇宙中的四种基本作用力。

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Only gravity and a phenomenon called the weak nuclear force, which governs some types of radioactive decay, can bind them—hence the term “weakly interacting”.

只有重力和一种可以支配某些放射性衰变的弱核力能够使其聚集凝固，“弱反应”这一术语由此得名。

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By calling them “weakly interacting”, physicists mean that the particles experience another of the four fundamental forces, namely, the weak nuclear force that is responsible for radioactive decay.

之所以称其为“弱作用”，是为了指出粒子受到四大基本力中的另一种——由放射性衰变所产生的弱核力（四大基本力是：引力、电磁力、强力、弱力）。

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The linchpin of the model is the underlying unity of two of the three forces: electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force.

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Instead, they interact through its feebler cousin, the weak nuclear force.

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The Standard Model (see table) includes familiar particles such as electrons and photons, and esoteric ones like the W and Z bosons, which carry something called the weak nuclear force.

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