Once they hit the edge of a cone, drops are propelled towards its base, the least curved region, because of the pressure difference caused by surface tension.

一旦水滴流到了圆锥体的边缘，就会在锥体表面张力所形成的压力差的作用下流向它的底座，那里是曲线弧度最小的地方。

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When I informed her I had no intention of getting a car, it caused some tension to say the least.

当得知我并没有打算要一辆车时，母亲显得有些紧张。

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But many companies still believe that, in this respect at least, there is a regrettable tension between the dictates of ethics and the logic of business.

但许多公司仍然认为，在这方面，至少在道德约束和商业逻辑之间存在一个令人遗憾的不和谐关系。

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For Israel at least, this tension has done little to slow their progress towards meeting both domestic and export needs with their existing and expected gas discoveries.

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For at least a week, tension between the two had put the longevity of Wahid's six-month-old government in question.

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Gordon Brown is particularly keen to defuse that tension, not least because the first national strike is planned to coincide with his announcement of the Government's spending plans.

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