They have adopted an academic term, neijuan or " involution" , to describe how extra input no longer yields more output.

他们用了一个学术型术语“内卷”形容更多投入并不能带更多产出这一情况。

The question demands not only addressing the idea of involution, but rethinking how we face it.

这个问题不仅解决内卷化的概念， 重新思考我们如何面对它。

For many young people in China, involution is sometimes an entrenched institution rather than a personal choice.

对于中国的许多年轻人说， 退化有时是一种根深蒂固的制度， 而不是个人的选择。

Drawing a comparison with her 15-year-old sister, who is in eighth grade, Gaoyuan said that there is an obvious intensification in the trend of involution.

15岁读八年级的姐姐相比， 高媛表示，内卷化趋势明显加剧。

While complaints about " involution" and overwork are more common among those with experience in the workplace, the sense of disillusionment has already set in for undergrad and grad school students.

虽然对“内卷”和过度工作的抱怨在有工作经验的人中更为常见，但本科生和研究生已经开始有幻灭感。

Involution didn't make its entry to the public consciousness until recent years, though, as Gaoyuan recalled, her past 20 years of life had always been played out under " the involution rules" .

内卷直到最近几年才进入公众的意识，不过，正如高媛回忆的那样，她过去20年的生活始终是在“内卷规则”下上演的。

Sometimes the several-hours after delivery is called the " fourth stage" , because there are major physiologic changes like adaption to the blood loss, and the start of uterine involution, where the uterus begins returning to its pre-pregnant state.

有时分娩后几个小时称为“第四产程”，因为有很多重的生理变化，例如血液流失的适应，以及子宫复旧的开始，子宫回到产前的状态。