The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events.

翅膀的扇动代表了在系统初始条件中的一个小小的改变，而这改变引发了一连串的事件，导致了事件的大幅度改变。

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Any shortening of the food chain is likely to destabilise entire ecosystems, possibly leading to new ones in which just one or two species, such as jellyfish, predominate.

食物链的任何短缺都很可能导致整个生态系统不稳定，也许会形成新的食物链，只由一个或两个物种支配，如水母。

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The object which holds a reference to the chain of objects leading to the leak container.

包含导致泄漏容器的对象链的引用的对象。

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