so I'm heating up the system in this path here, and then to connect the 2 endpoints here, a constant temperature path.

需要再用，一个等温过程，这两个状态。

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Suppose we put somebody in a state of suspended animation, cool their body down so that the various metabolic processes come to an end.

假设我们让某人,进入假死状态，将他们的身体降温,所有的代谢过程都停止。

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And if it goes in one direction or another, where does is lead?

如果这个过程沿着某条路径进行，最终的状态会是什么？

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Now, that rapid rise is called depolarization and the membrane is said to be in a depolarized state because it's less polarized or less negatively charged repolarized as negatively charged.

这个迅速上升过程称为去极化,我们称膜处于去极化状态,因为膜的极化程度降低了,或者说是带的负电减少了,而复极化就代表重新带上负电荷

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That's a reversible path.

注：即变化过程中气体的任何状态。

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