OK, so, the thing about a state function is that the function has a value for initial conditions and at final conditions.

态函数的特点是,在初始状态有一个值,在末状态也有一个值。

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Then, you've got to say, "What do I have to know about this object at the initial time?

然后,也许你会问,我需要知道物体初始状态的哪些信息呢

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Things move from one state to another state and then back to the first state.

物体从一个状态转移到另一个状态,再回到初始状态

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The initial state, let's look at what we are doing.

初始状态，这就是我们要了解的。

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In this case defined chiefly by their intelligence, but other things too. Well, anyway in this case, in Greek political thinking the aristocracy of birth is the default position.

这主要取决于他们的才能,不过也包含其他方面,不管怎样,那个时候在希腊人的政治思维中,贵族统治就是初始的状态

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If I then put it back into its original condition, lower the heat say, temperature back to body temperature and reduce the pH down to seven again, the molecules will re-nature.

假如我把烧杯的温度恢复到初始状态,降低温度,温度降低到体温,将pH值降低到七,这些分子会复性

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