Writing and speech are interdependent and interrelated phenomena which do different things.

书写和演讲是相互依赖的现象,它们有不同的功用。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

What is Socrates trying to do here, and what is that metaphor, ? that central metaphor, ? what function does it serve within the work?

苏格拉底倒底想干吗，那个隐喻，那个核心隐喻是啥，它在本书中有啥功用？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

This also had a cultic function as well.

它也有一个宗教功用。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And again, we could spend a lot of class time saying, well riboflavin does this for the body and that for the body, but my guess is most of you wouldn't find that so interesting and for those of you who would, the information on it is available elsewhere as I said.

我们可以花很多课堂时间来说,核黄素对机体有这样那样的功用,不过我猜你会感到很无趣的,而对此感兴趣的同学,我说过你也可以从其他途径获得这些信息

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选