Our bodies have mechanisms like that, that mainly use the principle of negative feedback in order to control the parameters that are important for life within a certain range.

我们的身体有着与之类似的机制,主要依靠负反馈原理来,将与生命息息相关的指标控制在一定范围

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We also need some measure of-- We've been talking here about measures of central tendency only and in finance we need, as well, measures of dispersion, which is how much something varies.

我们也需要其他的指标,目前为止,我们只讨论了集中趋势指标,在金融学中,我们同样需要,离散趋势指标以衡量参数的变化程度

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We think a lot about weight in this country, but weight is a remarkably carefully controlled parameter of a person, that is, you have to work pretty hard to gain weight or to lose weight.

我们身在一个特别关注体重的国家,然而体重是一个,需要小心地控制地人体指标,这就是说,你必须付出相当多的努力,才能增加或减少体重

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