So, the system does work on the surroundings, hence the minus sign.

系统对环境做功，因此符号是负的。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

You got to understand what the minus sign is doing here.

你们要明白负号在这个式子中的意义

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

sa So we have 1 s a, and we're drawing this as having a positive amplitude, but since we have destructive interference we're going to draw 1 s b as having the opposite sign, so we have a plus and a minus in terms of signs.

我们有，我们把这画成一个正的振幅，但因为我们是相消干涉,我们把1sb画成相反的符号，所以我们有一正一负两个符号。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

It says, if you pull it to the right, so that x is positive, the spring will exert a force which is in the negative direction; that's why you have a minus sign.

就是说,如果你向右拉,x 取正值,弹簧产生的力方向为负,这就是这里用负号的原因

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选