I certainly may be wrong here, but commitment to an inanimate object, and feeling a reciprocal response, changes things.

当然关于这一点也许我的想法不对，但与无生命物体达成某种承诺关系并且相互之间有了反应确实改变了一些事情。

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The reciprocal function of the factors constituting value decides the production of value, promote the changes of value, which is the basic subject of the (philosophical) law of value.

构成价值的各个要素相互作用决定价值的生成、推动价值的变化，这是（哲学）价值规律的基本内容。

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Dring the film dissolution process, the changes of thickness is proportional to the reciprocal capacitance.

当膜溶解时，厚度变化与电容倒数成正比。

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In his speech, Mr Cameron said changes to health care would be introduced, with the UK getting "better" at "reciprocal charging", charging foreign governments for treatment provided to non-working overseas nationals.

BBC: UK Politics