It doesn't make sense to think that the price of anything would go up if that's all there is to it.

可如果升值是一种必然趋势,期待升值还有什么意义呢

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And I want to describe both the syntax, what we're doing, and then the semantics of how do we use it and what does that mean.

现在我想解释一下语法，我们在做什么,还有我们使用时的符号,以及意义。

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In a sense, you might ask what could be more ludicrous, Socrates declaring himself or anyone declaring themselves to be a gift of the divine.

就某种意义而言,还有什么，比苏格拉底自称,或任何人自称,是天赐恩典的主张更荒唐。

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