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

• It has functioned very well up until now. But is the structure the right one for the future?
  迄今为止基金一直运转良好。但其结构是否适应未来的发展？
• How has he functioned all this time?
  在这段期间他的表现怎样？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mary functioned as a teacher.
  玛丽担任教师的职务。
• A time where you functioned as part of a team and what your contribution was.
  你作为团队的一名成员的表现以及你的贡献。
• 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。
• I couldn't fathom how it was that a Christian church had continuously functioned.
  我无法理解它是怎么一个基督教教堂，并不断发挥作用。