Function

['fʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n] or ['fʌŋkʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; 'the function of a teacher'; 'the government must do its part'; 'play its role'.

(noun.) what something is used for; 'the function of an auger is to bore holes'; 'ballet is beautiful but what use is it?'.

(noun.) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony; 'it was a black-tie function'.

(noun.) a relation such that one thing is dependent on another; 'height is a function of age'; 'price is a function of supply and demand'.

(noun.) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function).

(verb.) perform as expected when applied; 'The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in'; 'Does this old car still run well?'; 'This old radio doesn't work anymore'.

编辑:梅齐--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

(n.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.

(n.) The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind.

(n.) The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.

(n.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.

(v. i.) Alt. of Functionate

艾伯特整理

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Performance, execution, discharge, exercise.[2]. Province, business, office, duty, employment, occupation, part.

哈利整理

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Office, part, character, capacity, business, administration, discharge,operation, exercise, power, duty, employment

ANT:Usurpation, maladministration, misconduct, misdemeanor

编辑:娜塔莎

解释:

n. the doing of a thing: duty peculiar to any office: faculty exercise of faculty: the peculiar office of any part of the body or mind: power: a solemn service: (math.) a quantity so connected with another that any change in the one produces a corresponding change in the other: the technical term in physiology for the vital activity of organ tissue or cell.—adj. Func′tional pertaining to or performed by functions—opp. to Organic or Structural.—vs.t. Func′tionalise Func′tionate.—adv. Func′tionally.—n. Func′tionary one who discharges any duty: one who holds an office.—adj. Func′tionless having no function.

手打:玛莎