[N-COUNT 可数名词]功能;作用;职责 The function of something or someone is the useful thing that they do or are intended to do.
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The main function of the merchant banks is to raise capital for industry.
商业银行的主要职能是为产业融资。
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[VERB 动词]工作;运转;运行 If a machine or system is functioning, it is working or operating.
[V]
The authorities say the prison is now functioning normally...
当局称监狱现在运转正常。
Conservation programs cannot function without local support.
没有地方的支持,自然环境保护项目就无法运作。
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[VERB 动词]发挥功能;起作用;行使职责 If someone or something functionsas a particular thing, they do the work or fulfil the purpose of that thing.
[V as n]
On weekdays, one third of the room functions as workspace.
在工作日,房间的1/3用作办公区域。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](计算机的)功能(指执行的一系列操作) A function is a series of operations that a computer performs, for example when a single key or a combination of keys is pressed.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]应变量;随他物变化而变化的事物 If you say that one thing is afunctionof another, you mean that its amount or nature depends on the other thing.
[usu sing]
[FORMAL 正式]
Investment is a function of the interest rate.
投资随着利率的变化而变。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](正式的)宴会,大型聚会 A function is a large formal dinner or party.
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func·tion★AWL/ˈfʌŋkʃn; NAmEˈfʌŋkʃn/
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functionfunctionsfunctionedfunctioningnoun★1★[countable , uncountable ]a special activity or purpose of a person or thing 作用;功能;职能;机能◆to fulfil/perform a function发挥功能◆bodily functions(= for example eating, sex, using the toilet)身体机能◆The function of the heart is to pump blood through the body.心脏的功能就是把血液输往全身。◆This design aims for harmony of form and function.这个设计旨在使形式和功能协调一致。2★[countable ]a social event or official ceremony 社交聚会;典礼;宴会◆The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅可以举办婚礼和其他公开活动。3[countable ]( mathematics 数) a quantity whose value depends on the varying values of others. In the statement 2x=y, y is a functionof x. 函数◆( figurative) Salary is a function ofage and experience. 工资视乎年龄和经验而定。4[countable ]( computing 计) a part of a program, etc. that performs a basic operation 子程序;例程verb★[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)( rather formal) to work in the correct way 起作用;正常工作;运转SYN
operate
◆Despite the power cuts, the hospital continued to function normally.尽管供电中断,医院继续照常运作。◆We now have a functioning shower.现在我们有一个功能正常的淋浴器。◆Many children can't function effectively in large classes.许多孩子在大伙儿上课时学习效果不好。PHRASAL VERB★ˈfunction as sb/sthto perform the action or the job of the thing or person mentioned 起…作用;具有…功能◆The sofa also functions as a bed.这沙发还可当床用。func·tion/ˈfʌŋkʃn; NAmEˈfʌŋkʃn/
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functionfunc‧tion1 /ˈfʌŋkʃən/ ●●●S3W1AWL noun
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1[countable, uncountable] the purpose that something has, or the job that someone or something doesperform/fulfil a function In your new job you will perform a variety of functions. The church fulfils a valuable social function. The nervous system regulates our bodily functions (=eating, breathing, going to the toilet etc). Bauhaus architects thought that function was more important than form.2[countable] a large party or official event: This room may be hired for weddings and other functions.► see thesaurus at
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3[countable usually singular] technical a quantity or quality whose value changes according to another quantity or quality that is related to it: The degree of drought is largely a function of temperature and drainage.4[countable] one of the basic operations performed by a computer
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functionfunction2 ●●○AWL verb [intransitive]
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1to work in the correct or intended waySYN operatefunction normally/correctly/properly etc Flights in and out of Taipei are functioning normally again. Her legs have now ceased to function. You know I can’t function (=cannot perform normal activities) without a coffee in the morning.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that something works rather than functions:· If the system is working as it should, you’ll be paid within two weeks.2if something functions in a particular way, it works in that way: an understanding of how the economy functionsfunction as phrasal verbif something functions as a particular thing, it does what that type of thing normally does, or is used as that thing: A library is functioning as a temporary hospital to cope with casualties.
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[ˈfʌŋkʃn]functioned, functioning, functions
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functioned[274] functioning[3152] functions[4293]
函数(55%),功能(39%),运行(3%),重大聚会(1%),起作用(1%),职务(1%)
n.功能;[数] 函数;职责;盛大的集会
vi.运行;活动;行使职责
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