It is one of the functions of art to bring order out of chaos.

艺术的功能之一就是在于呈现纷乱中的和谐。

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The Grove shopping center, which opened in 2002, performs all the functions of a mall without looking at all like one.

2002年开业的格罗夫购物中心看起来一点也不像购物商城，却拥有购物商城所有的功能特点。

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Frontality is, however, directly related to the functions of Egyptian statuary and the contexts in which the statues were set up.

然而，正面性是与埃及雕像的功能以及雕像所处的环境直接相关的。

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The support troops perform a variety of functions such as mine clearance, equipment servicing, construction,air support, medical services and many others.

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And that's exactly one of the reasons why I want to have the functions, because I've separated those out.

这就是创建方法的原因,只是因为我把，实现和使用分离了。

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But when you pass a parameter say, a list, you didn't think that you were not only passing the list, you were also passing the functions that operate on the list. In fact you are.

你不会认为你输入的不仅仅是链表，你还传递了处理链表的函数,实际上你正是这么做的,这往往不重要。

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All the functions are extremely easy to use thanks to extra-large buttons and extra-large letters.

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The author also explains the functions of various ministries and organs of the Party and government.

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These new companies would essentially replace some of the functions filled by Fannie and Freddie.

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