That is, most processes that we're concerned with, they'll happen with something held constant like pressure or temperature or maybe volume.

这句话是说我们所关注的大部分过程，发生的时候都是保持某个量为常数,比如压强，温度或者体积。

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Of course, we could perhaps deal with that problem by making us more rat-like in terms of our thinking processes.

当然也许可以解决那个问题,只要我们像老鼠一样思维。

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This is an example of an exponential growth process and you're familiar with processes like these.

这是一个指数增长的过程,你们应该都很熟悉的

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