If it was non-reversible, I would be allowed to put an initial point and a final point, but I wouldn't be allowed to put a path between them like this, connecting them together.

如果是不可逆过程，我可以画出过程的初态点,和末态点，但是我不能再像这样,画出连接这两个点的，路径曲线来。

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And that brings me to my final point about our Hobbesian civilization that conceals from us a very uncomfortable truth.

接下来我要讲的,是霍布斯现代文明观的最后一个观点,它将把一个残酷的现实呈现在我们面前。

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So there's going to be a line that's going to connect the initial point to the final point, and that line mathematically is not going to be the same as this one here.

连接绝热过程,初末态的曲线的方程，和等温线的方程,也不会相同。

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The final point that I want to make with respect to security selection actually is a little bit different with the degree of opportunity.

我想说的最后一点是,就证券选择而言,运气也会带来一些差别

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