Function
['fʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n] or ['fʌŋkʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
編輯:梅齐--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Performance, execution, discharge, exercise.[2]. Province, business, office, duty, employment, occupation, part.
哈利整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Office, part, character, capacity, business, administration, discharge,operation, exercise, power, duty, employment
ANT:Usurpation, maladministration, misconduct, misdemeanor
編輯:娜塔莎
解釋/意思:
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
娱乐性解釋/意思:
Devoid of joy.
校對:罗赞
例句/造句/用法:
- While there are several distinct parts of this device, each having its individual function, they may be considered as a whole under the general term of the escapement. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- To identify acting with an aim and intelligent activity is enough to show its value--its function in experience. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Edison’s record was not for visual inspection, but was endowed with the mechanical function of reproducing sound. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- And when will you commence the exercise of your function? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In function and process, one man, one part, must of necessity be subordinate to another. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It would not be unfair to say that it is always the function of the Roosevelts to take from the Bryans. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Hence in the several fishes furnished with electric organs, these cannot be considered as homologous, but only as analogous in function. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It is used by food manufacturers and performs highly important functions in certain commercial fields. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- But all men cannot preach or teach; doctrine is but one of many of the functions of life that are fundamentally righteous. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You don't want to BE an animal, you want to observe your own animal functions, to get a mental thrill out of them. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He seemed to take pleasure in his social functions, he smiled, and was abundant in hospitality. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Driven to think of it as bad, except for certain particular functions, they could, of course, not see its possibilities. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- This furnished visible evidence of the relative digestibility of different kinds of foods, and the general functions of the stomach. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It is the functioning of an abstraction in its application to a new concrete experience,--its extension to clarify and direct new situations. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- But grandfather claimed that he functioned perfectly normally no matter how much he drank except that sometimes it was very hard to wake him. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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