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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Even though the signs of the enthalpy changed, and the signs of the entropy changed because it's a combination of the two that matters.

即使自由焓的符号发生变化，熵的符号也会发生变化,因为这两部分都起作用。

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