Democrat David Obey,chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, explained why he could not support the measure.

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I mean we can, we can sort of understand why OK, the total energy, if we measure it, we measure a process which is not reversible.

例如我们易于理解为什么，当试图测量一个不可逆系统的总能量，给出的或许。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Why should the amount by which you're attracted to the Earth be also a measure of how much you hate acceleration?

为什么物体受地球引力的大小,恰好能衡量物体加速的难易程度呢

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Why don't we define a new unit of energy That isnear to what we have to measure?

为什么我们不确定一个新的能量单位,它近似于我们需要测量的一些量？

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Now this sounds like a draconian measure; let me tell you why.

这个听起来很像苛政;,让我告诉你原因。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Why do you like to measure angle in the peculiar way?

为什么要用这种特殊的方式衡量一个角呢

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