And so what this gave us was a very, very useful general criterion for determining whether something happened spontaneously.

这个告诉我们的是一个,非常非常一般的判据,他能帮助我们判断一个过程是否自发进行。

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But what you should be able to do is take a look at a list of answers for what we're saying z effective might be, and determining which ones are possible versus which ones are not possible.

但是你们应该能够做到的,是看一下这个可能的,有效电荷量的答案列表，并且确定哪些是可能的,哪些是不可能的。

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as a form of work that will allow him to be self-sufficient and self-determining.

允许他自给自足,自我决定的一项工作。

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