So it seems like there's a favorable change in entropy going this way.

看起来在这个过程中熵增加是,有利于反应的。

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Each side conducts sacrifices in which they ask the gods for assistance in the battle, sometimes they hope that there will be a favorable omen suggesting they're going to win.

双方会各自进行祭祀,祈求神灵的庇护,有时他们希望得到有利的预兆,告诉他们将取得胜利

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Other countries--In Europe, after the 1929 crash, they had a different reaction to the scandals and problems of the '20s and it wasn't as favorable to markets as in the U.S.

929大崩盘之后,欧洲的一些国家,却对于丑闻及20年代出现的问题,有着不同的反应,欧洲政府采取的措施并不如美国那样,有利于市场发展

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