by Tim Peters

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Beautiful is better than ugly. 優(yōu)美勝于丑陋。

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Explicit is better than implicit. 直白勝于晦澀。

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Simple is better than complex. 簡(jiǎn)潔勝于復(fù)雜。部結(jié)構(gòu)）

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Complex is better than complicated. 復(fù)雜勝于凌亂。

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Flat is better than nested. 扁平勝于嵌套。

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Sparse is better than dense. 間隔勝于緊湊。

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Readability counts. 可讀性很重要。

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Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. 再怎么特殊，也不能特殊到違背這些規(guī)則。

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Although practicality beats purity. 即便如此，實(shí)用比純潔更重要。

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Errors should never pass silently. Unless explicitly silenced. 不要放過(guò)任何錯(cuò)誤，除非你確定需要這樣做。

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In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. 當(dāng)存在多種可能時(shí)，不要靠猜。

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There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.盡量找一種，最好是唯一一種明顯的解決方案。

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Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch. 雖然這并不容易，因?yàn)槟悴皇?Python 之父（這里的 Dutch 是指 Guido ）

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Now is better than never.

Although never is often better than *right* now. 做也許好過(guò)不做，但不假思索就動(dòng)手還不如不做。

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If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea. 如果你無(wú)法向人描述你的方案，那肯定不是一個(gè)好方案。

If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea. 如果你的方案很容易向人描述，那么有可能就是個(gè)好方案，

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Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! 命名空間是一種絕妙的理念，我們應(yīng)當(dāng)多加利用。