The individual impediment, or the general one, the friction, is external, to be sure, but also
necessary. It is the manifestation of that transition posited by the concept of the dependent body. And precisely this can also be found in consideration of the pendulum, the motion of which, it is
said, would continue without stopping if friction could be removed.英文原著 · 《Philosophy of Nature》
After the dancers had rested once, Orcutt continued:--
19. "We cleared E. in two seconds, I think. Our outer surface fused and cracked somewhat. So much the better for us."
They moved so fast that the heat of their friction through the air could not propagate itself through the whole brick surface. Indeed, there could have been but little friction after the first five or ten miles. he means earth's atmosphere. His 20th despatch is: "I have no observations of ascent.英文原著 · 《The Brick Moon》
"I'm jangling damnably...overwork.. ." "Not overwork," Dr. Martineau corrected. "Not overwork. Overwork never hurt anyone. Fatigue stops that. A man can work--good straightforward work, without internal resistance, until he drops,--and never hurt himself. You must be working against friction." "Friction!英文原著 · 《The Secret Places of the Heart》
Of the Capital of the Empire. One of the consequences of what we have been mentioning is, that it is of the utmost importance to a great prince to make a proper choice of the seat of his empire. He who places it to the southward will be in danger of losing the north; but he who fixes it on the north may easily preserve the south. I do not speak of particular cases. In mechanics there are frictions by which the effects of the theory are frequently changed or retarded; and policy has also its frictions. ______
1. Father Du Halde, i, p. The Chinese books make mention of this.英文原著 · 《The Spirit of Laws》
Before leaving this point, which to my thinking is the cause of many frictions and misunderstandings between ourselves and the English, I mustn't omit to give instances of divergence, where an Englishman will speak of matters upon which we are silent, and is silent upon subjects of which we will speak.英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
There you have them, my anecdotes. They are chosen from many. I hope and believe that, between them all, they cover the ground; that, taken together as I want you to take them after you have taken them singly, they make my several points clear. As I see it, they reveal the chief whys and wherefores of friction between English and Americans. It is also my hope that I have been equally disagreeable to everybody. If I am to be banished from both countries, I shall try not to pass my exile in Switzerland, which is indeed a lovely place, but just now too full of celebrated Germans.英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
The correct answer is "when covered by "a film of liquid sufficient to reduce "the coefficient of static friction "between the tire and the road to essentially zero, But not so deep as to introduce a new source of friction." Here's your learner's permit. go away.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
I saw the dynamic change, the friction that it already had created between us.美剧 · 《Billions》
I saw the friction that it already had created between us.美剧 · 《Billions》
If you break'em in properly, they're supposed to give you a completely frictionless-- If I'm being honest, the reunion might be a little more fun if Phil isn't there.美剧 · 《Modern Family》