Do you think courts function as change agents or should function as change agents in our society?

你认为法院在我们的社会中是否发挥着变革者的作用，或者应该发挥变革者的作用？

In customer service, I function as a problem solver.

在客户服务中，我的工作是解决问题。

The areas that weren't treated function as a control.

没有被处理的区域起到了对照的作用。

Oyster reefs provide much the same function as coral reefs.

牡蛎礁提供了与珊瑚礁相同的功能。

Your function as a clerk is to take care of customers.

你当店员的职责就是要招呼顾客。

Mythology functions as an ideological driving force within every civilized society.

神话在每个文明社会中都扮演着一种意识形态的推动力。

It was functioning as both a Roman Catholic church and a museum.

它既是罗马天主教堂又是博物馆。

The kinetochore functions as a motor, pulling the chromosome along the attached microtubule.

动粒起着马达的作用，沿着附着的微管拉着染色体。

" And it will be difficult for us to function as a self-governing society."

“我们将很难像一个自治的社会那样运转。”

No devices, so far, have full chaperone functions — such as revealing furtive movements in a stationary vehicle.

到目前为止，还没有任何设备能完全替代监护人的功能，比如显示孩子是否在静止的车内有偷偷摸摸的举动。

In addition, older cells don't perform their functions as well as young ones.

此外，老化细胞的表现也不如新生的细胞。

Within minutes, it's functioning as the nerve centre of the Mayor's operations.

短短几分钟内，它成为市长的指挥中心。

James Allison studied a known protein that functions as a brake on the immune system.

詹姆斯·艾利森研究了一种作为免疫系统“刹车”的已知蛋白质。

Chinese consumers are looking for long-range aircraft that function as mobile offices for long trips.

中国客户更喜欢订购长距离飞机，作为长途旅行的移动办公室。

Now, how can you tell whether a web functions as an arachnid hearing aid?

那你怎么看出它就像蛛网蜘蛛的助听器呢？

Your seat cushion functions as a flotation device, but did you know it's also fireproof?

座位的坐垫其实是一个漂浮装置，它还防火，你知道吗？

Many professionals say that a cat's purrs serves the same function as a person's smile.

很多专业人士说，猫的呼噜声与人的微笑具有相同的功能。

At night-time projectors are switched on and it functions as a huge screen onto which images are projected.

晚上的时候，他们会打开投影仪，而这堵墙就被用作了一块巨大的屏幕，投影仪会把图像投影在上面。

You have to bring all of these components together so they can function as one.

你必须把所有这些组成部分结合起来，使它们能够作为一个整体发挥作用。

For one thing, jealousy can also function as a synonym for envy.

首先，嫉妒也可以作为羡慕的同义词。