It is of opposite charge and it exerts an influence, only that is minus to plus so that is going to give me a minus term here.

它具有相反的电性，所以它也会有影响，只有这个负值相对正值来说会起到减少的作用,所以这里将会引入一个负值的量。

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They used to pay out typically like 80% of their earnings but it's been gradually going downward and now it's down to like 40%.

过去他们将收益的80%作为股利,但现在正慢慢减少,目前降到了40%

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The purpose of sex is to reduce excitation, to annul desire.

性的目的在于将刺激减少的普通欲望的程度。

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