functioned

英 [ˈfʌŋkʃnd]

美 [ˈfʌŋkʃnd]

v.  起作用; 正常工作; 运转
function的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 功能;作用;职责
  Thefunctionof something or someone is the useful thing that they do or are intended to do.
  1. The main function of the merchant banks is to raise capital for industry.
     商业银行的主要职能是为产业融资。
• VERB 工作;运转;运行
  If a machine or systemis functioning, it is working or operating.
  1. The authorities say the prison is now functioning normally...
     当局称监狱现在运转正常。
  2. Conservation programs cannot function without local support.
     没有地方的支持，自然环境保护项目就无法运作。
• VERB 发挥功能;起作用;行使职责
  If someone or somethingfunctionsasa particular thing, they do the work or fulfil the purpose of that thing.
  1. On weekdays, one third of the room functions as workspace.
     在工作日，房间的1/3用作办公区域。
• (计算机的)功能(指执行的一系列操作)
  Afunctionis a series of operations that a computer performs, for example when a single key or a combination of keys is pressed.
• N-COUNT 应变量;随他物变化而变化的事物
  If you say that one thing isafunctionofanother, you mean that its amount or nature depends on the other thing.
  1. Investment is a function of the interest rate.
     投资随着利率的变化而变。
• (正式的)宴会，大型聚会
  Afunctionis a large formal dinner or party.

双语例句

• With hearing aids, which my father wore for20 years, he generally functioned well in quiet settings at close range from the speaker.
  我的父亲带了20多年的助听器，通常在安静环境中且离说话者距离较近的时候，他可以很好地交流。
• During the absence of jean, Mary functioned as relief teacher.
  简不在的时候，玛丽起了代课老师的作用。
• Since its founding in2008, Arrow Factory has functioned as an alternative outlet for contemporary art production in Beijing.
  自2008年创立以来，箭厂空间一直充当的是北京当代艺术创作的非主流途径。
• Paradoxically, equality in the Nordic countries has functioned as the handmaiden of creative destruction.
  事实可能是，北欧国家的平等发挥了帮助创造性破坏（creativedestruction）的作用。
• This dependence makes it all the more astonishing that we have allowed rapid and often unwise human development to disrupt so many of the delicate systems that have functioned harmoniously for millennia.
  我们如此依赖，却又允许开展快速、并且经常不明智的人类开发活动，破坏这么多已经和谐运行了几千年的微妙系统，岂不更加令人吃惊？
• To ensure that their legal, administrative, and economic institutions functioned effectively, the Babylonians used the cuneiform system of writing developed by their Sumerian predecessors.
  为了确保他们的法律、管理和经济机构职能的有效性，巴比伦人使用了由他们的苏美尔人前辈发明的楔形文字书写系统。
• To probe how the neurons functioned, the researchers developed a culture technique that induced the newly produced neurons to establish synapses with one another.
  为了研究这些神经元如何发挥功能，研究者们发明了一种培养技术可以诱导新生成的多个神经元建立突触。
• A cooling system is inserted and the condensation of moisture is functioned from the atmosphere into surface water.
  通过在石头底部嵌入一个冷缺系统，使得空气中的湿气经过冷却后在石头表面上凝结成水珠。
• While these committees have their share of problems, participants believe they have generally functioned well.
  尽管这些委员会存在共同的问题，但他们自己认为总体上说是运行良好的。
• Fresh arterial allografts functioned well.
  新鲜同种动脉移植功能良好。