The concept distinction of NLU is kind of discourse analysis to some extend. So far, discourse analysis is just in the primary stage.

概念区分属于篇章处理，目前自然语言处理的篇章理解还只是处于初级的探索阶段。

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By the analysis of military text and the need of NLU, designs the data structure of common word dictionary, verb dictionary and example base.

通过对军事文本的分析，结合自然语言理解的需要，分别设计了常用词字典、动词字典和实例库的数据结构。

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The application of NLU technology in intelligent equipment design is one of the most important and difficulty application of A. I. technology.

自然语言篇章理解技术应用于智能仪器设计领域是人工智能技术应用的重点和难点之一。

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Second, hospitals will invest in automation and natural language understanding (NLU) to make sense of large data sets so they can get insight it into the hands of decision-makers in a timely fashion.

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