| 单词 | function |
| 释义 | func·tion I. 1. a. < big business has elevated the function of management to the status of the learned professions — Nation's Business > < a man combining the dual functions of chief and sorcerer — J.G.Frazer > b. obsolete < the scribes are not a sect but a function — Samuel Purchas > 2. < the function that older people can perform in city life today > < it is the function of stockholders to assume the risk > < outlined the required and permitted functions vested in the committee > < discharged the functions of his office with distinction > : use < form follows function > < glass has an important function in modern architecture > : purpose < literary criticism serves complex psychological and sociological functions > < poetry fulfills its function when it introduces us to life > 3. obsolete < function is smothered in surmise — Shakespeare > 4. a. b. < seating notables at official diplomatic functions > 5. < marketing involves the propaganda function > < the higher human functions of interpretation and decision > as a. < the primary function of any gland is secretion > b. < round has a qualifying function in “round eyes” > c. < number is a function of nouns; tense, of verbs > d. 6. < the area of a circle is a function of its radius because to every value of the radius r there corresponds a unique value of the area A > 7. < sand height is not a function of sea-level height — Science > 8. a. b. c. 9. < a compound of simple function is one containing only one kind of function — Chem. Abstracts > 10. < the bubbles in the tissues … causing altered sensory or motor functions — H.G.Armstrong > 11. < directed all functions of the department to effect a reduction in force > Synonyms: < to fulfill one's function as a human being > < one of the functions of a chairman is to preside over meetings > < the function of the appendix is unknown > < the main function of a language is to communicate ideas or feelings > office, often close to function in application to things, usually applies to the function or work expected of a person by virtue of his trade, profession, or position in relation to others < the office of books is not to create bookworms, but independent souls — Howard M. Jones > < the view here taken of the work and office of philosophy — John Dewey > < for all these the good offices of an editor are needed — Times Literary Supplement > < the hangman addressed himself to his office — T.B.Macaulay > < performing the office of president in his absence > < it is not the office of a friend to meddle too much > duty, in this connection, applies to a task one is expected to perform by reason of the obligation inherent in one's position, relationship, or calling < one's duty as a citizen is to vote intelligently > < the duties of a school principal > < the duty of the vicar as a husband and father should not clash with his duties as a clergyman > < the duties of a clerk > province may apply to any duty or function falling under one's jurisdiction, power, competence, and so on < the historian takes for his province those human activities which flow from thought — E.J.Tapp > < a question of universal interest which lies in the province of the biologist, How did life make its appearance on our planet? — W.J.V.Osterhout > < such issues are deemed beyond the province of a court — Felix Frankfurter > II. 1. < shivering functions to maintain the heat of the body > < an attributive noun functions as an adjective > 2. < a government functions through numerous divisions > < war was, when seen functioning, senseless and horrible — Rose Macaulay > < a conductor who functioned also for a time as a music critic — Harriett Johnson > Synonyms: see act III. 1. < illnesses that are a function of stress > 2. |
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