That really would be a dismal outcome, to reach world population equilibrium only to find we'd destroyed the natural environment in the process.

那确实是一个可悲的结果：实现了人口的平衡却换来了自然环境的破坏。

youdao

So that means that we're going to have to worry about, if we're going to want to know at which state the process is in equilibrium, you're going to have to worry about this issue right here.

这意味着我们得担心，如果我们想要知道反应，会达到什么平衡态，必须要担心这个问题。

youdao

You can assume that at any time after the initial very fast process of getting equilibrium.

你可以设想在初始的很快，达到平衡的过程以后的任何时间。

youdao

If I look at different points in my container during that path, I'm going to have to use a different value of pressure or different value of temperature That's not an equilibrium state, and that process turns out then to be an irreversible process.

如果我要研究在路径中容器里的,不同的点，我就得在容器里不同的点上使用,不同的压强值,或不同的温度值,实际上这不是个平衡态，这个过程是,不可逆过程。

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