| 词汇 | functional |
| 释义 | functional adjective uk /ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/ us /ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/ functionaladjective (USEFUL)B2 designed to be practical and useful rather than attractive: 为实用而设计的，实用的 functional clothing很实用的服装 useful usefulThese useful gadgets should find a home in every kitchen. helpfulThey gave us some really helpful advice. valuableHe was able to provide the police with some valuable information. invaluableThe Internet is an invaluable resource for teachers. constructiveIt was a very constructive discussion. Useful or advantageous a pearl of great priceidiom a place in the sunidiom advantageous advantageously all-singing amiss asset fecundity fodder foil fruitfully fruitfulness practicality preferential productive viable wholesome wholesomely wholesomeness win-win functionaladjective (WORKING NORMALLY)(of a machine, system, etc.) working in the usual way: （机器、系统等）正常工作的 Is the central heating functional yet?中央供暖系统工作恢复正常了吗？ See also dysfunctional hyperfunctional non-functional a functional alcoholic/addict, etc. someone who can behave, work, and live in a way that seems normal although they are addicted to (= unable to stop using too much) alcohol, drugs, etc.: While functional alcoholics drink excessively, most do not display the obvious physical or psychological damage associated with alcoholism. Machines - Functioning action actuator deactivation faultily faulty fire someone up function as something/someone functionally light operative peg peg out play something up power power (something) up refire reset road tick working functionaladjective (DOING BASIC TASKS)relating to the performance of basic tasks: functional abilityNumerous surgical operations had left the patient with little functional ability. functional disorderAcupuncture has proved useful in treating functional disorders. functional assessmentThey performed functional assessments of twelve patients with Parkinson's disease. Performing a function act act as something discharge function as something/someone functionalist high-performance hyperfunction man manned multifunction multifunctional on itidiom operate purpose run serve take undischarged work work a treatidiom functionaladjective (OPERATIONAL)relating to the way in which something works or operates: functional equivalentSuch a document would be the functional equivalent of a national identity card. functional requirementShe performed an extensive evaluation of the museum's functional requirements. Performing a function act act as something discharge function as something/someone functionalist high-performance hyperfunction man manned multifunction multifunctional on itidiom operate purpose run serve take undischarged work work a treatidiom functionaladjective (LANGUAGE)language specialized relating to language functions, for example saying sorry, asking for something, or refusing something: （语言）功能性的，实用性的（如道歉、提问或拒绝等） functional languageThe course will teach participants functional language.该课程教给参与者实用的语言。 Spanish functional phrases being taught to the police include "Calm down", "Speak Slower" and "You're under arrest".给西班牙警察教授的实用短语包括“冷静下来”、“慢点说”和“你被捕了”。 Forms of languages & specialist dialects acrolect argot basilect cant colloquialism demotic jargon jargonistic journalese legalese lingua franca patois pidgin pidginization pidginize plain English psychobabble shibboleth vernacular vernacularly functional | American Dictionaryfunctional adjective us/ˈfʌŋk·ʃə·nəl/ intended to be used; practical rather than attractive: Our furniture isn’t very fancy, but it’s functional. Is the plumbing functional yet (= does it work)? functionallyadverbus/ˈfʌŋk·ʃə·nəl·i/ functional | Business Englishfunctional adjective uk /ˈfʌŋkʃənəl/us working in the expected or necessary way: The timeline is for the site to be fully functional in 18 months. HR, WORKPLACE relating to the different areas of skill in a business: functional areas/departments/expertiseTaxpayers will save time and resources by dealing with one team rather than several different functional areas. designed for a practical purpose rather than for the way something looks: highly functional but stylistically unremarkable designs functionallyadverb The new business plan rendered the department's computers functionally obsolete. See alsocross-functional Examples of functionalfunctional Both are made up of eight homologous protein subunits that contain similar structural and functional motifs. Several lines of evidence from functional studies in rodents suggested that resistin could be the missing mechanistic link between obesity and diabetes. Relevant genes with altered expression were then assigned to functional groups. Four subunits assemble to form a functional channel. Other factors that may contribute include functional defects in antigen-specific cell-mediated immunity, and progressive immune escape. How mysterious is the functional relation between the parts of a person's body and their beauty or health? There already exist a number of lines of evidence that link these behavioral and neural changes with functional consequences. I make this distinction because most people assume that experience means functional experience, and that cause and function go hand in hand. There is an accessible, functional character to mental language insofar as the mental designates that which has an operative role in material, publicly observed relationships. After removal of non-significant variables, important age differential predictions emerged in addition to the remaining strong linear effect of chronological age on functional capacity scores. Note however, that a large proportion of variance in functional capacity (13.1 %) was common to both groups of predictors and chronological age. Unfortunately this conclusion does not stand up to geographical analysis, for the functional asymmetry turns out to have a spatial corollary. Unfortunately, this study can tell us nothing about the factors associated with improvements in functional ability at this age, as only four people had improved. The functional dichotomy whose logic appears obvious when the system of relations is analysed is only partial in reality. First, can we explain the impaired performance that these patients produce in terms of our functional models? See all examples of functional These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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