虽然事实证明给好奇下定义很难，但大家普遍认为它是一种收集信息的手段。

While pinning down a definition has proven tricky, the general consensus is it's some means of information gathering.

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给一个词下定义要比举例说明它的用法困难得多。

To give a definition of a word is more difficult than to give an illustration of its use.

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给文学下定义还是有可能的。

The possibility of definition persists.

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So, in talking about covalent bonds, we should be able to still apply a more general definition of a chemical bond, which should tell us that the h 2 molecule is going to be lower in energy than if we looked at 2 separate hydrogen atom molecules.

那么，既然提到了共价键，我们应该还可以,给化学键下一个更普遍的定义,那就是告诉我们氢分子能量应该更低,与两个分开的氢的单原子分子相比。

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The possibility of definition persists.

给文学下定义还是有可能的。

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You cannot say to me, "Take a force, due to a spring, and see what force it applies and divide by the acceleration and get the mass, " because we haven't defined force, either.

你不能说,"给弹簧施加一个力,看看它能提供多大的力,然后除以加速度,得到质量",因为我们还没给力下一个定义

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