1 N-COUNT 功能;作用;职责 The function of something or someone is the useful thing that they do or are intended to do. 功能;作用;职责
SYN purpose, business, job, concern
2 VERB 工作;运转;运行 If a machine or system is functioning, it is working or operating. 工作;运转;运行
SYN work, run, operate, perform
3 VERB 发挥功能;起作用;行使职责 If someone or something functions as a particular thing, they do the work or fulfil the purpose of that thing. 发挥功能;起作用;行使职责
SYN act, serve, operate, perform
4 N-COUNT (计算机的)功能(指执行的一系列操作) A function is a series of operations that a computer performs, for example when a single key or a combination of keys is pressed. (计算机的)功能(指执行的一系列操作)
5 N-COUNT [usually singular] 应变量;随他物变化而变化的事物 If you say that one thing is a function of another, you mean that its amount or nature depends on the other thing. 应变量;随他物变化而变化的事物 [formal]
6 N-COUNT (正式的)宴会,大型聚会 A function is a large formal dinner or party. (正式的)宴会,大型聚会
Thesaurus | function Also look up: |
N. | action, duty, job, responsibility 1 celebration, gathering, occasion 6 |
VERB. | operate, perform, work 3 |
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