- Beautiful is better than ugly. (优美比丑陋好)
- Explicit is better than implicit.(清晰比晦涩好)
- Simple is better than complex.(简单比复杂好)
- Complex is better than complicated.(复杂比错综复杂好)
- Flat is better than nested.(扁平比嵌套好)
- Sparse is better than dense.(稀疏比密集好)
- Readability counts.(可读性很重要)
- Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.(特殊情况也不应该违反这些规则)
- Although practicality beats purity.(但现实往往并不那么完美)
- Errors should never pass silently.(异常不应该被静默处理)
- Unless explicitly silenced.(除非你希望如此)
- In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.(遇到模棱两可的地方,不要胡乱猜测)
- There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.(肯定有一种通常也是唯一一种最佳的解决方案)
- Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you’re Dutch.(虽然这种方案并不是显而易见的,因为你不是那个荷兰人)
- Now is better than never.(现在开始做比不做好)
- Although never is often better than *right* now.(不做比盲目去做好)
- If the implementation is hard to explain, it’s a bad idea.(如果一个实现方案难于理解,它通常不是一个好的方案)
- If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.(如果一个实现方案易于理解,它很有可能是一个好的方案)
- Namespaces are one honking great idea – let’s do more of those!(命名空间非常有用,我们应当多加利用)