We call it a function. That is to say it has a function; it has a function within our understanding of the way in which a text has structure.

我们之所以称之为功能是因为它有功能;,我们文本结构的角度,去认识这种功能。

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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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Every aspect of the structure of the text can be understood as having a function.

文本结构的每一方面都能被理解为,有特定的功能。

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You know that the function of a protein is intimately related to its structure.

蛋白质的功能与结构密切相关

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