And the bigger lesson from that is that entropy, unlike energy u or enthalpy H, we could define an absolutely number for it.

热力学第三定律的一个更重要的推论是,与内能和自由焓不同，我们可以给上定义一个绝对的数值。

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Alright, next thing I want to do is to define the vector that plays the role of the number 0.

接下来我想做的是定义一个矢量,它相当于数字0

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That's a complicated thing that accountants figure out and accountants find it difficult to define the earnings of a company, but they do something and they come up with a number.

会计们会计算这个复杂的问题,他们还会发现公司收益很难定义,但是他们会想办法,得出一个数字

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If we defined food differently: that it's something that nurtures the body, something found in nature, something that doesn't harm the environment-- there are a number of criteria one can apply to define a food-- then we might come up with a different definition than this, but this is the way the nutrition field generally looks at it.

如果我们给出不同的定义,滋养身体的物质,在自然界找到的物质,不会威胁到身体的物质,有很多标准可以拿出来定义食物,我们也许可以就此重新进行定义,但这就是营养学看待食物的方式

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