That was the kind of thing you saw. Asserts said here are some conditions to test. If they're true, I'm going to let the rest of the code run.

这就是你看到的,断言是一些测试条件,如果他们为真。

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It's the product of a lot of luck and so we can't claim that they morally deserve all the money they make.

是有很多运气成分在内的,所以无法断言,在道义上他们的财富都是应得的。

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