Right, 'cause that means either I've been handed zero elements which mean there's really no work to be done or I've been handed one element which is a vacuous truth that it's sorted, right?

因为如果给出0个元素,那意味着不需要做任何事,如果给出1个元素，那显然,它是有序的，对吗？

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What we define as zero is the enthalpy of every element in its natural state at room temperature and ambient pressure.

我们将零点定义为每种元素,在室温和正常大气压下,在其自然状态下的焓。

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