Usually, we pay all our attention to grammar, omitting the real function or purpose of English study.

通常来说，我们老是关注语法，忽略了英语的真正功能，或英语学习的目的。

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With the current HTML version, the function or purpose of page elements can't be identified programmatically.

在当前的 HTML 版本中，无法采用编程的方式来识别页面元素的功能和作用。

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Oil pipeline pumping stations may be classified by the function or purpose, by the type equipment used, by the method of operation, or by the material pumped.

输油管道泵站可以其功能或目的、所用设备类型、操作方法、或泵送的油料等进行分类。

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Content is a function -or let me say practical language, the purpose, in other words, of communicating facts or of communicating at all, which we associate with practical language -is a function of poetic language.

他们认为，内容即是功能,实用语言的目的，就是交流，我们总是把交流和实用语言联系,但其实它也是诗歌语言的功能。

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And again, a related problem that people run into is side-effects. You call a function and it returns a value, but maybe it, on purpose or on accident, modifies one of the actual parameters.

另外，一个人们常碰到的相关问题,就是副作用，你调用一个函数它返回一个值,但是故意或者无意的,它可能会修改一个实参的值。

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In the seconds before a stroke, duffers' eyes tend to dart around without purpose or function while elite players control their gaze.

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