It also serves a social and political function, because The portrait or picture of the universe or the world and its structure Corresponds to and legitimates the structure of Babylonian society.

它还有社会和政治功能,因为对宇庙或世界的描绘以及它的结构,与巴比伦社会的法律体系是一致的。

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We, too, understand the relevance of what we call "the society function."] Rather it must be elucidated in its full extent through the problem of the evolution of literature.

你们不要以为我们很幼稚,我们也明白社会功能的意义是什么],但是我们必须用,文学进化的角度来解释它的功能。

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And it could be taken as a striking illustration of how the social part of your brain is distinct from other parts of your brain.

孤独症是阐述,负责社会功能的大脑区域与其他区域,如何不同的一个完美的例子

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It's also about: how banks operate; what their function is in our society; and, why they are such important institutions that have gone back for hundreds of years and remain powerful, central features in our economy.

也会讲到,银行如何运作,银行在社会上的功能,以及为什么几百年来,银行依然在经济生活中拥有,重要的作用

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Well, yes, they do, so why don't we call that to which they refer -for example, in the case of socialist realism or indeed realism of any kind, why don't we call that to which they refer the "society function"?

是的，的确是这样，我们为什么不把他们都称为,无论是在社会主义现实主义,还是任何一种其他的现实主义下，称为社会功能？

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