Yin is feminine, negative principle, while Yang is masculine and positive.

阴代表女性和消极思想，而阳代表男性和进取思想。

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This principle leads to all folly and insanity , and is called the negative principle.

这一原则导致所有的愚蠢和疯狂，是所谓的消极的原则。

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Economics is precise about the tax that should, in principle, be levied to deal with negative externalities: the tax on a liter of fuel should be equal to the harm caused by using a liter of fuel.

从经济学的角度来看，为了应对负外部性，原则上应该征收的税收是准确的：对一升燃料征收的税应该等于使用一升燃料所造成的危害。

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Our bodies have mechanisms like that, that mainly use the principle of negative feedback in order to control the parameters that are important for life within a certain range.

我们的身体有着与之类似的机制,主要依靠负反馈原理来,将与生命息息相关的指标控制在一定范围

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The answer, I am told by government sources, is firmly negative - for reasons of practice and principle.

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Pro-fossil-fuel groups argue that if using renewables is more expensive, that has an overall negative impact on growth which should, in principle, curb employment.

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