一些专家说，即使“货架上的小精灵”现象，已经成功地将圣诞老人的惩戒功能商业化，但可能有点令人毛骨悚然。

Even the Elf on the Shelf phenomenon, which has succeeded in commercializing Santa's disciplinary function, can be a little creepy, some experts say.

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为了理解古埃及艺术，尽可能多地了解埃及精英的世界观以及为他们所创造的艺术的功能和背景是至关重要的。

In order to understand ancient Egyptian art, it is vital to know as much as possible of the elite Egyptians' view of the world and the functions and contexts of the art produced for them.

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这项技术是如此精细，以至于即使是一个无声的举动，小心翼翼地放置在特定位置时，它就已经被赋予了特定功能。

The technology is so fine-tuned then that even a non-sound, when carefully placed in a particular position, has been invested with a specific function.

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Or he puts it another way, consists of everyone and everything performing those functions for which they are best equipped.

或像他以另一种方法所说，包含每个人及每件事,来执行那些功能,那样他们都可最适当地打点自己。

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Now, texts from Ancient Near Eastern cultures suggest that a central function of the rituals that were performed in sanctuaries was to secure the perpetual aid and blessing of a well-disposed deity.

古近东文化的课文中提出,在圣所里进行的仪式的一个主要功能,是保证能够向神灵获得永久地帮助和祝福。

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So the proposal that death is a matter of permanent cessation of P-functioning versus temporary, that doesn't seem like it's going to do the trick.

所以说死亡只永久地,停止人格功能性的这个说法，也不是正确的。

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