不好的地方则是丧失了一个有价值的简写形式。

The downside is the loss of a valuable shorthand.

youdao

这意味着s[:]就是s[0:len(s)]的简写。

This means that s[:] is shorthand for s[0:len(s)]. [spec]

youdao

在where或return子句中，这可能是非常有用的简写。

This can be useful shorthand for use in the where or return clauses.

youdao

So I think if you just know the symbols for the ones that are up there, that would be just dandy.

所以你们只要知道那些元素的简写形式,就很不错了。

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And then it has a strange thing called ELIF, which is simply short for else/if in a second test.

然后代码做了一个奇怪的,叫做ELIF的事情，也就是else/if的简写,这是第二个测试。

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And a bit, B-I-T, just a shorthand for binary digit, 2 so a digit of zero over a one, bi means two, you only have two digits.

比特，B-I-T，是binary，digit的简写，从0到1的数字，而bi表示，所以你就只有两个数字。

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