What we're going to do in forming a molecule is just bring these two orbitals close together such that now we have their nucleus, the two nuclei, at a distance apart that's equal to the bond length.

我们在形成一个分子时要做的就是,把这两个轨道放到一起,这样我们有他们的原子核，两个原子核，它们之间的距离为键长。

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We at least come within, you might say, sniffing distance of their greatness.

我们至少还在，能嗅到其崇伟的范围内。

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So Y is the distance they have to travel and TY2 is their transport cost.

所以Y是他们要走的距离,而TY2是交通成本

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A to B is one distance, which is a large one, and B to C is only half that distance, and that's because of the way the Greeks laid this thing out with their two to one ratios, three to two ratios and so on.

到B是一个距离,比较大,而B到C只有半个距离,因为希腊人,用诸如二比一,三比二,之类的频率比来安排音阶

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