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But some luxury goods also serve a practical function.

当然，有的奢侈品也有实用功能。

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This carving of the two swimming reindeer had no practical function, only form.

这对游水的驯鹿雕刻品其实也没有任何实际功能，具有一种形式。

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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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Then again, for practical reasons, buildings need to announce their function as, say, schools or museums.

ECONOMIST: Poet in stone and steel

Since ancient Egypt, if not long before, hats have served the practical (protection against heat and cold) and the symbolic (religious function, military rank, social status).

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