function
英 ['f??(k)?(?)n]
美 ['f??k??n]
- n. 功能；[數(shù)] 函數(shù)；職責；盛大的集會
- vi. 運行；活動；行使職責
中文詞源
function 功能來自拉丁語functio, 履行，執(zhí)行。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. His function is vital to the accomplishment of the agency's mission.
- 要完成該機構(gòu)的使命，他的作用至關(guān)重要。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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(yīng)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(gòu)思設(shè)計圖時要考慮的另一個基本因素是功能。
來自柯林斯例句