How much energy are you going to get out, and how far are you going to be able to drive a car with this expansion, let's say, so that's the problem.

你能获得多少能量，利用这次膨胀,你可以把你的车开出多远，比如说这就是问题所在。

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So, I need to tell you how you're doing the expansion, because that's going to tell you how much energy you're wasting during that expansion.

所以我需要告诉你,膨胀是如何进行的，因为这会告诉你,在这次膨胀中,浪费了多少能量。

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In some sense it's less favorable energetically.

某种程度上从能量上看膨胀是不利的。

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And here, in an isothermal expansion, The bath is putting back the energy that the gas is expanding or using to expand, and so the energy is flowing back into the gas through the environment in the isothermal expansion.

而在等温膨胀中，恒温环境将气体膨胀对外做功,而损失的能量又返还回来，在等温膨胀中,能量从环境,流向系统。

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