function是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of a person) -- 功能，用途；職責

  • The function of the veins is to carry blood to the heart. 靜脈的功能是將血液輸送回心臟。

  • I'm not quite sure what my function is within the company. 我拿不太準自己在公司裡有甚麽職責。

  • A thermostat performs the function of controlling temperature. 自動調溫器的功用是控制溫度。

• 1 an official ceremony or a formal social event, such as a party or a special meal, at which a lot of people are usually present -- 典禮，儀式；社交聚會

  • As a mayor, he has a lot of official functions to attend. 作爲市長，他要參加很多官方活動。

  • I see her two or three times a year, usually at social functions. 我一年能見她兩三次，通常都是在社交聚會上。

• 2 the way in which something works or operates -- 工作，運行

  • It's a disease that affects the function of the nervous system. 這是一種影響神經系統功能的疾病。

  • Studies suggest that regular intake of the vitamin significantly improves brain function. 研究顯示定期服用維生素會顯著增強大腦功能。

• 3 a process that a computer or a computer program uses to complete a task -- （電腦程式中的）功能

  • a search/save/sort function 搜索／保存／排序功能

• 4 something that results from something else, or is the way it is because of something else -- …的結果

  • His success is a function of his having worked so hard. 他的成功是辛勤工作的結果。

  • The low temperatures here are a function of the terrain as much as of the climate. 這裡的低溫是地形與氣候同時作用的結果。

• 5 (in mathematics) a quantity whose value depends on another value and changes with that value -- （數學中的）函數，應變數

  • x is a function of y. x是y的函數。

• 6 to work or operate -- 運作；工作；起作用

  • You'll soon learn how the office functions. 你很快就會暸解辦事處的運作了。

  • The television was functioning normally until yesterday. 一直到昨天電視機還一切正常。

  • I'm so tired today, I can barely function. 我今天太累了，簡直動不了了。