有定义是基于形式，圆度，对称，形式的精简与否和重复。

There are definitions based on form, circularity, symmetry, economy of form, lack of economy of form, and repetition.

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We can think in terms of repetition, obviously, as the delay that sets in between an origin and an end.

我们可以想想看这里面的重复，很明显，重复性的情节将起因和结果隔开来。

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The findings of classical conditioning have been extended and replicated in all sorts of animals including crabs, fish, cockroaches and so on.

经典条件作用在所有的动物研究中,都得到了扩展和重复,这些动物包括了螃蟹，鱼类，蟑螂等。

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So the excess and the longing are there, each trying to drive or satisfy the other.

这里的过多的重复和那盼望，都是在试着牵动和满足彼此。

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