Instead, it can be described as a probability function around the nucleus.

相反，它可以描述为围绕核的概率函数。

While an orbital is actually a mathematical probability function that tells us where we're likely to find an electron.

轨道实际上是一个数学概率函数，它告诉我们可能在哪里找到电子。

And they're going to be moving around in this unpredictable way that we would have to describe with a probability function.

它们将以这种我们必须用概率函数来描述的不可预测的方式四处移动。

So it really could have been anywhere, but if you take multiple observations, you'll see what that probability function is describing.

所以它真的可能在任何地方，但如果你进行多次观察，你就会看到概率函数在描述什么。

And orbitals are more like probability functions as to where you might find the electron, while an orbit is a very kind of classical, mechanical way of describing the path of a classical object, like a planet around a star.

轨道更像是关于你可能在哪里找到电子的概率函数，而轨道是一种非常经典的、机械的方式来描述经典物体的路径， 比如围绕恒星的行星。