名 exploit，merit，achievement，efficacy，result ；

[例句] 她的嗓音非常好，现在的唱功比以往任何时候都要好。 She's got a great voice and is singing better than ever.

[例句] 赎罪善功 an act of penance

function ；

[例句] 它同时满足了用户在功能和情感上的需求。 It satisfies the user's requirements both functionally and emotionally.

[例句] 你的便携式摄像机应该具备以下基本功能：自动聚焦、回放功能、变焦镜头。 Your camcorder should have these basic features: autofocus, playback facility, zoom lens.

[物] power，rate of work，capacity factor，capacity ；

[例句] 汽车的功率越大，就越难驾驭。 The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle.

[例句] 这些发动机的功率并不真的很大,效率也不高. These engines were not really very powerful or efficient.

success，succeed；

[例句] 成功无法保证，并非唾手可得。成功必须靠自己去争取。 Success is not guaranteed. It is not handed to you. Success is earned.

[例句] 成功不是终点，失败也并非末日，最重要的是继续前进的勇气。 Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill

contribution，meritorious service [deed]，credit，service ；

[例句] 如果我们把所有功劳都揽到自己身上，那就不对了。 It would be wrong for us to take all the credit.

[例句] 人们把发现夏威夷的功劳归于库克。 Cook is credited with discovering Hawaii.

merits and achievements，contribution，feats，achievement，deed ；

[例句] 这一年以各阵线都获得卓越的功绩而结束. The year went out, with great achievements on all fronts.

[例句] 他全靠他的功绩才达到今天的地位. He reached his present senior position through sheer merit.

effect，efficiency，behaviour，efficacy，virtue ；

function，usage，effect，use ；

[例句] 借助于油漆和想象力,她赋予了剩余商品和一次性产品新的功用和生命. She's taken surplus goods and throwaways and given them useful new lives with the aid of paint and imagination.

[例句] 别在意要有精确的技术说明, 只要把那机器的功用给我们意译一下就可以了. Never mind the exact technical specification; just give us a free translation of what the machine can do.

functionality ；

[例句] 教师授课和课堂讨论也会含括功能性核磁共振造影的方法和实验设计. Lectures and discussions also cover fMRI methods and experimental design.

[例句] 功能性保健品: 补充营养, 活化细胞, 调整功能, 提升免疫. Functional food supplement : supplement nutrition, active cells, adjust functions, upgrade immunity.

exploit，meritorious service，feats，outstandingly meritorious deed (down for the nation) ；

[例句] 我之所以得到提拔是由于立下了所谓的英勇卓越的功勋。 I had been promoted for what was called gallant and meritorious service.

[例句] 奖章上刻有“功勋卓越”的字样。 The medal bears the inscription "For distinguished service".

hardworking，diligent，studious，hit the books，lucubrate ；

[例句] 克罗斯比断言说：“我们一无所获，在做无用功。” "Getting nowhere fast," pronounced Crosby, "that's what we're doing."

[例句] 他正在桌前用功。 He was working at his desk.

schoolwork，school lesson，lessons，task，assignment ；

[例句] 我们已经了解到各门功课差不多一样重要。 We had this understanding that courses were roughly the same weight.

[例句] 伊万斯得了风湿热，没去上课，功课也落下了。 Evans had rheumatic fever, missed school and fell behind.

（军事方面的功绩） military accomplishments，gest ；

[例句] 先辈的这种莫大的武功,激励着子孙们去作最大胆的尝试. This prodigious feat of the preceding generation incited their sons to the utmost daring.

[例句] 他武功盖世, 是个好身手. He is well - versed in kung fu , and is of no ordinary talent.

（功劳和恩德） merits and virtues ；

[例句] 幸运者都把他们的成功归因于谨慎或功德. The happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

[例句] 作为医治精神疾病的医生,我的成就超越了自己的期望与功德. As a healer of the spirit I have succeeded beyond my hopes and my deserts.

[化] dynamometer ；

[例句] 研制了一种新型的大量程智能化超声功率计. A new intelligent ultrasonic power meter with large measuring range was developed.

[例句] 介绍了激光功率计的变换与显示电路,该电路的主要功能是直接指示激光功率的大小. A laser light power conversion and display circuit we developed will be introduced in this paper.

merits，efficacy，force and skill,esp. in regard to training ；

[例句] 她的画有功力, 但布局欠佳. Her drawing is competent, but her composition is poor.

[例句] 关于动作的描写没人可以超过他,梅尔维尔的功力仿佛在这里找到了适当的体现. The actionwriting is unsurpassable ; for once Melville's energy seems suited to the job in hand.

functional ；

[例句] 某些化学成分失衡会道致大脑功能的紊乱. An imbalance in certain chemicals leads to disturbances in the brain's function.

[例句] 平直的脑电图表明脑部功能的丧失. A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function.

utilitarian ；

[例句] 这其实是一种十分功利的商业炒作。 This is a very utilitarian commercial speculation.

[例句] 它既是实用艺术, 也是超功利的纯艺术. It is applied art, is the pure art of Utilitarianism.

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