Functions that simply return data about the state of your program make a wonderful tool for configuration scripts and data.

仅返回关于程序状态的数据的函数可以成为配置脚本和数据的好工具。

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The basic functions of a state are to provide physical security, efficient institutions and capable administration.

国家的基本功能是提供实体安全、高效的机构以及有力的行政管理。

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The cost squeeze has led to a new type of society, perhaps best termed a "depleted" state, in which the military has drained resources from all other social functions.

高额战争成本的压榨催生出一种新的社会形态，用“损耗殆尽之国家”这个词来形容也许是最贴切的，因为在这样的国家中军事已经从其他的所有社会功能里面将资源抽空殆尽。

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Jim Powell, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, explains how William Gladstone in the U.K. and Warren Harding in the U.S. got it done: by keeping the functions of the state to a minimum.

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And the question is this: Many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock.

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