It seemed to Lovelock as if an invisible power, an invisible hand, pushed the interacting chemical reactions into a raised state that should at any minute swing back to a balanced rest.

• 在洛夫洛克看来，似乎有一种看不见的能量，一只看不见的手，将互动的化学反应推至起死回生的状态，随时会旋转回至平衡的状态。