You just need a few macroscopic variables that are very familiar to you, like the pressure, the temperature, the volume, the number of moles of each component, the mass of the system.

你只需要某些你非常熟悉的宏观变量,比如压强，温度，体积，每个组分的摩尔数，系统的质量。

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It is one instance in which mass public pressure has clearly influenced the politicians, with almost a million people on the Online campaign site Avaaz demanding an end to discards.

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Should ZIP extend its post-IPO descent, a mass exodus of bulls could pressure the equity even lower into uncharted territory.

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The pressure has included mass kidnappings, attacks on electricity pylons and, earlier this month, blocking the highway between Bogota and Medellin for days.

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