In any case, the tension between denotation and connotation is part of the way in which irony works.

在任何情况下，讽刺的作用,都是表达了符号和涵义之间的张力。

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The thing in the sense I find in our culture has been the most dynamic tension is between, I talked about patience and tenacity and sticking two things.

我们文化里蕴含的,是最有活力的张力，介于耐力和毅力之前，又把两者组合起来。

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All right. Now this is a wonderful example of the tension between having expectations, the expectation that someone will help Tony, and being in a state of suspense, not knowing who it will be.

好的，这是个很好的例子，来说明二者之间的张力,一个是有期望，期望有人会帮助托尼，另一个是处于一种悬念状态，不知道会是谁来帮托尼。

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Whenever you're asked on a problem, "What's the tension on the rope?"

不管什么题目问你,"绳子的张力是多少"

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It's - a suture or a stitch has to hold the wound closed so it has to have certain mechanical strength and imagine the problem of making something that's dissolvable so it disappears but also is strong enough to hold a wound closed reliably for a length of time.

能够拉紧切口的缝合线,就必须具有一定的机械张力,大家想像一下制造这种缝合线的难度,身体组织不仅要能吸收这种缝合线,而且这种线必须有足够的张力,一定时间内能够拉紧切口

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So, tension on the rope is 6 Newtons.

所以绳子的张力是 6 牛

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That is called the tension on the rope.

那就是绳子的张力

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

We'll revert especially to the notion of "pushing" in other contexts later in the course, but for the moment you can see the way in which there is a tension between that which pulls and that which pushes which is one of the motive forces of the story.

以后我们会在,其他作品中回归“推“的本意，但是现在我们能看得出来,在推和拉之间有一种张力,这也是整个故事发展的动力之一。

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If your plan is to accelerate a 3 kg mass with an acceleration of 2 meters per second, you better have a rope that can furnish that force and it can take the tension of 6 Newtons.

如果你想用 2 米每秒平方的加速度,去拉一个 3 千克的物体,那么你就需要一根能提供拉力的绳子,并且它能够承受 6 牛的张力

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