These vibrations turn the ion into a sort of superfast metronome.

铝离子因为这些振动成为一种超高速节拍器。

youdao

You can think of electron affinity as sort of the ionization in reverse of the ion.

电子亲合,是离子化的逆过程。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

When the fluid was pumped around the chip a piece of chemistry called a redox reaction would take place, as one sort of vanadium ion gave up electrons to the other sort.

ECONOMIST: Monitor