A typical PDA can function as a mobile phone and a personal organizer.

一部典型的个人数字助理可以兼具手机和个人记事簿功能。

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He says a primary function of the home is to give migrants a safe place to sleep and something to eat as well as to provide them with information about the dangerous journey ahead.

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Cochlear implants, so that's the same kind of function as a hearing aid, to improve hearing, but using a different mechanism.

人工耳蜗移植术,人工耳蜗与助听器同作用相同,都可以改善听力,只是两者原理不同

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But right now, what I want you to be thinking of a wave function as is just some representation of an electron.

但是现在，我想让你们,将波函数仅仅理解为,一个电子的表示方法。

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In one room chemists are fabricating a range of organic molecules they hope will function as mechanical components.

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And he continues to function as a marker of the limits of the entertainment industry's tolerance.

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But is there life beyond their public-facing function as the corporate mouthpiece and information hub?

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