The approach is based on the belief that the meaning of a word can be divided into meaning components, which are called semantic features.

这种方法所基于的观点是：词义可以分成不同的意义成分，叫做语义特征。

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Over time and across successive releases of UML, the original UML meaning of components was mostly lost.

随着时间的推移及UML的连续版本发布， UML 组件已经失去了最初的绝大部分含义。

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Like a legal contract, the contract includes the duties and the rights of each component — meaning, what the component will deliver and what it expects from other components.

同法律契约一样，契约中包含每个组件的责任和权利，即该组件提供什么，以及需要其他组件提供了什么。

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Notice that we said apps and components, meaning that some core elements of Android -- input methods, for instance -- should get this treatment.

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Remember that most applications are operationally simple, meaning they depend on the performance of the components.

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