So, for example, if we were looking at the actual wave function, we would say that these parts here have a positive amplitude, and in here we have a negative amplitude.

我们看，一个波函数,我们说，它这部分幅值，为正,这部分幅值为负，当我们看。

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And when we're talking about the amplitude of the wave, we're talking about the deviation from that average level. So, if we define the average level as zero, you can have either a positive amplitude or a negative amplitude.

当我们讨论一个波的振幅时,我们说的是偏离平均位置的量,如果我们把平均位置,定义为零的话，那幅值不是,正的就是负的，有时候人们在。

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And you can think about that if you think about a standing wave, for example, where you can have amplitude at many different values of x, so an amplitude at many different distances, but you also have areas where there is a amplitude.

你们可以想象一下驻波，在不同ｘ处,可以有不同的振幅，在不同的距离有不同的振幅，但在某些地方振幅等于０．

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So let's think of them a little bit more by graphing the amplitude of the wave, and seeing how we can have this constructive interference.

让我们把波的,振幅画出来考虑一下,我们怎么能得到这种相长干涉。

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So again, if we think of a graph of the wave function, we had the wave function is at its highest amplitude when it's lined up with the nucleus, and then as we got further away from the nucleus, the amplitude of the wave function ends up tapering off until it never hits zero exactly, but it goes down very low.

同样，如果我们想象一幅波函数的图，波函数在原子核的位置上,有着最高的振幅，随着与原子核距离变远，波函数振幅逐渐变小直到,它永远不会到零，但它会变得很小。

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