Negative pressure doesn't make any sense, right?

负的压强没有意义？

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So if delta v is negative, in this case delta v is negative, OK, delta v is negative, pressure is a positive number, negative times negative is positive, work is greater than zero.

也就是当活塞,压缩气体的时候，做的功是正的，按照这一规定,我们需要在这里，加上一个负号，这是习惯规定。

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