So if we have a negative change in energy for any reaction as it's written, what that actually means is we're giving off energy as the reaction proceeds.

如果我们像这里写的这样,在任何一个反应过后，得，到的能量变化为负值,这就意味着我们在这个过程中放出了能量。

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And this means for Hobbes, first of all, adopting his book as the authoritative teaching on moral and political doctrine in the universities.

鉴于此，霍布斯的首要任务，是把他的著作作为权威的教学方式,在大学里讲授道德和政治学说。

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When you mortgage a property that means that you offer the property as collateral for a loan.

当你通过抵押贷款购买一项财产意味着,你需要抵押这项财产的所有权以获得贷款

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Just as forewarning for people who have forgotten what a median is, that means half of you--not approximately half, it means exactly half of you-- will be getting something like B+ and below and half will get something like B+ and above.

稍微提示下忘记中位数含义的同学,这也就是说,不是一半左右,是绝对一半的同学,会得到B+的成绩或更低的成绩,另一半会到B+的成绩或更高的成绩

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Let me say, I am by no means convinced that the idea for the philosopher-king is an impossibility or is intended as a kind of absurdity.

我要声明，我决不采信,哲学家国王概念,不可能的说法,或说那是种荒谬的说法。

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