Function

(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

• 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. 神奇的知识之书.
• To identify acting with an aim and intelligent activity is enough to show its value--its function in experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Edison’s record was not for visual inspection, but was endowed with the mechanical function of reproducing sound. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• And when will you commence the exercise of your function? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In function and process, one man, one part, must of necessity be subordinate to another. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It would not be unfair to say that it is always the function of the Roosevelts to take from the Bryans. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Hence in the several fishes furnished with electric organs, these cannot be considered as homologous, but only as analogous in function. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It is used by food manufacturers and performs highly important functions in certain commercial fields. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• 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·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• You don't want to BE an animal, you want to observe your own animal functions, to get a mental thrill out of them. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He seemed to take pleasure in his social functions, he smiled, and was abundant in hospitality. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Driven to think of it as bad, except for certain particular functions, they could, of course, not see its possibilities. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This furnished visible evidence of the relative digestibility of different kinds of foods, and the general functions of the stomach. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It is the functioning of an abstraction in its application to a new concrete experience,--its extension to clarify and direct new situations. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But grandfather claimed that he functioned perfectly normally no matter how much he drank except that sometimes it was very hard to wake him. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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