They show the value of a family's property.

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In this case here, our property is the value of the pressure times the volume, times the molar volume. That's the property.

或者电阻,对气体来说，它的特性是气体压强。

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Moreover, whenever they seize a property and try to sell it, it usually loses value anyway in the process.

而且当他们没收财产并变卖时,财产在这一过程中总会发生价值减损

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A mortgage lender doesn't want to lend more than the property is worth because that would mean a loan-to-value ratio over one.

抵押贷款的贷方,借给你的钱不会超过财产本身价值,因此贷款价值比率就会大于1

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