• n. 功能；[數] 函數；職責；盛大的集會
• vi. 運行；活動；行使職責

來自拉丁語functio, 履行，執(zhí)行。

function

function: [16] The ultimate source of function is the Latin verb fungī ‘perform, discharge’, which may be related to Sanskrit bhunkte ‘he enjoys’. From its past participle, functus, was formed the abstract noun functiō ‘performance, activity’, which passed into English via Old French fonction. Other English derivatives of fungī include defunct and perfunctory [16], etymologically ‘done only to discharge an obligation’.
=> defunct, perfunctory

function (n.)

1530s, "one's proper work or purpose; power of acting in a specific proper way," from Middle French fonction (16c.) and directly from Latin functionem (nominative functio) "a performance, an execution," noun of action from funct-, past participle stem of fungi "perform, execute, discharge," from PIE root *bheug- (2) "to use, enjoy" (see brook (v.)). Meaning "official ceremony" is from 1630s, originally in church use. Use in mathematics probably was begun by Leibnitz (1692). In reference to computer operations, 1947.

function (v.)

1844, "perform a function" (intransitive), from function (n.). Related: Functioned; functioning.

1. His function is vital to the accomplishment of the agency's mission.

要完成該機構的使命，他的作用至關重要。

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2. They were decked out in tracksuits, seemingly to dissimulate their true function.

他們都穿著田徑服，似乎想掩飾他們的真實職能。

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3. A complex engine has many separate components, each performing a different function.

一個復雜發(fā)動機有很多獨立零部件，每個零部件具有不同作用。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He had been invited to grace a function at the evening college.

他應邀為這所夜校的活動捧場。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The other fundamental consideration in the conception of a plan is function.

在構思設計圖時要考慮的另一個基本因素是功能。

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