This would make no sense if your assumption is that Apple is just another hardware and software maker cultivating an applications ecosystem.
如果你设想苹果仅仅是另一个培养应用生态系统的硬件和软件开发商，那么这将毫无意思。
Imagine an elastic band stretched over the surface of an apple. The band can slowly shrink, moving as though it is slipping from the surface, until it becomes just a dot on the apple's skin.
试想一下，有一个橡皮圈箍在苹果的表面上，然后这个橡皮圈慢慢的收缩，就像从苹果表面上滑落一般的收缩，直到它变成了一个点。
Felian: This theory which is due to a fart is just like a theory which is due to an apple.
这是一个屁引发的理论，就像一个苹果引发的理论一样。
This may be an entire object (' I just see that it is an apple ') or its attributes (' it is an apple because of its color and shape ').
这可能是一个事物的整体(“我只明白它是一个苹果”)或是它的属性(“它是一个苹果，是因为它的颜色和形状象苹果”)。
Steve Jobs's resignation as chief executive officer of Apple is the end of an extraordinary era, not just for Apple, but for the global technology industry in general.
苹果首席执行官史蒂夫·乔布斯的辞职是一个非凡的时代的结束，不仅对于苹果如此，而且对于全球科技产业也具有普遍意义。
Steve Jobs's resignation as chief executive officer of Apple is the end of an extraordinary era, not just for Apple, but for the global technology industry in general.
苹果首席执行官史蒂夫·乔布斯的辞职是一个非凡的时代的结束，不仅对于苹果如此，而且对于全球科技产业也具有普遍意义。
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