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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He has much the same function and to some degree much of the same personality as what we would call a modern day CEO, that is to say there is a kind of anonymity and impersonality about the sovereign.

在一定程度上讲,他有着我们今天所谓的CEO的,一些义务和特性，也就是说,君主兼有一种非人格化的特性。

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