The family has the important function of socializing children.

家庭有教孩子适应社会的重要作用。

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In his role here as a mute, as an infant, Christ is serving, I think, an important function for Milton.

基督在这里的角色是一个哑巴，一个婴儿，我认为，他对弥尔顿起到了很重要的作用。

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Today, in addition to that important function, it serves as a reference library for the public and sends out many books to other libraries on an interlibrary loan system.

今天，除了这个重要的功能，它还作为一个公共参考图书馆，通过馆际互借系统向其他图书馆发送许多图书。

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"All genes are encoded by DNA and the DNA is present in the chromosomes in the cell nucleus and telomeres, they are the ends of the chromosomes and they have an important function to protect the chromosomes and maintain the integrity of the chromosomes."

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And in his role here as a mute, as an infant, Christ is serving, I think, an important function for Milton.

作为一个哑巴，一个婴儿，基督对，弥尔顿起了很重要的作用。

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Neurons have these projections because one important property, or one important function of neurons, is to communicate with each other.

这些突起,源于神经细胞,一项重要的性质,或者说一项重要的功能,那就是实现信息的交流

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It does however serve an important function, in helping the region drain water better.

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"Polar sea ice has an important function in moderating the global energy balance, " he said.

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CAPTCHAs definitely serve an important function, keeping spammers from mass-creating email accounts or junking up comment streams.

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