And social functions come in two types: manifest and latent functions.

显性功能和隐性功能。

Manifest functions are intended or obvious consequences of a particular structure, while latent functions are unintended or unrecognized.

显性功能是某种社会结构下，预期的/明显的功能。隐性功能是指，意外的/被忽视的功能。

And a third latent function of schools is that they just help you make friends!

学校的第三个潜在功能是它们只是帮助你结交朋友！

And we can think of how education works in society, in terms of both manifest and latent functions.

我们可以从显性和潜在功能的角度思考教育在社会中的运作方式。

We also talked about structural functionalist approaches to education and some of the manifest and latent functions associated with education.

我们还讨论了结构功能主义的教育方法以及与教育相关的一些显性和潜在功能。

Now, in addition to all of these intended functions of education, there are some unintended consequences, or latent functions, of schooling, too.

现在，除了教育的所有这些预期功能之外，学校教育还有一些意想不到的后果或潜在功能。

K-12 Schools also provide childcare that makes working parents’ lives easier – not the intended purpose of schools certainly, but a pretty useful latent function.

K-12 学校还提供托儿服务，让在职父母的生活更轻松——这当然不是学校的预期目的，但却是一种非常有用的潜在功能。