The hazard is a function of scale and probability of disaster occurrence, reflects activity degree and damage capability of disaster.

危险性是灾害规模和发生概率的函数，反映灾害的活动程度和破坏能力；

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As with the courtyard houses, there was a rich hierarchy of public and private zones. The central garden served the same function as the courtyard, at much larger scale.

正如四合院明确了居民公共生活与私人空间的划分，现代公寓的中心花园也有着相同的功能，只不过是规模变得更大了而已。

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Being able to scale horizontally or vertically is mostly a function of application design.

纵向扩展和横向扩展大部分是应用程序设计的一个功能。

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In the tech-hardware business, competition over price is really a function of scale: firms with higher volume can make things more cheaply.

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One of the ways scientists study the CMB is by subjecting the warm and cold spots in the radiation to a detailed statistical analysis, examining the deviations in temperature as a function of their size on the sky - their angular scale.

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