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

• 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。
• As most exchanges functioned as practical monopolies, the flotations have triggered a huge one-off increase in profitability.
  两种并购方式由于多数交易所基本上是垄断运作，所以上市活动已引发赢利能力出现一次性的大幅增长。
• 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？
• Without her education my mother would not have been fulfilled as a human being, could not have functioned fully or attained any sort of ambition in life.
  没有她自身的教育我的母亲便不会履行作为人的职责，无法在一生中去充分实现任何形式的抱负。
• 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。
• As stated earlier, MediaWiki has functioned as more than a collaboration tool for many organizations.
  如前所述，MediaWiki对于许多组织来说不仅仅是一种协作工具。
• 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。
• Mary functioned as a teacher.
  玛丽担任教师的职务。
• Spain functioned for years with high unemployment, but such a system won't fly now.
  即便失业率高企，西班牙也正常运转了好多年，但这样的体系现在已经行不通了。
• It had functioned effectively while its drawbacks led to some conflicts.
  它在有效运作的同时，也存在着因为制度缺陷而引发的矛盾和冲突。