They function quite well even in old age.

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Their functioning is still a puzzle to be solved.

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The tests are designed to detect subtle ( ' , 细微的) changes in mental function, and involve solving puzzles, recalling words and details from stories, and identifying patterns in collections of letters and symbols.

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The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain mental functions—including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving—started to dull as early as age 27.

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The findings shed light on normal age-related changes in mental function, which could aid in understanding the process of dementia ( ' , 痴呆), according to the researchers.

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Most people's minds function at a high level even in their later years, according to researcher Timothy Salthouse.

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Declining mental function is often seen as a problem of old age, but certain aspects of brain function actually begin their decline in young adulthood, a new study suggests.

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The sword hasn't had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officer's full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized "an officer and a gentleman.

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But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment.

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The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to function well does not change," Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

They record where you are going,how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane

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Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations,and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments.

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"There's a mountain of evidence 34 proving the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function," he told The Seattle times.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

"When people are sleep-deprived, there are higher levels of stress hormones in their bodies which can decrease immune function," says Doctor Felice, of Northwestern University in Chicago.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Breakfast is also associated with improved brain function, including concentration and language use.

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Larry Cahill, an American neuroscientist, said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning traditional beliefs about gender and brain function.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

Perhaps most exciting is research that suggests that crafts like knitting and crocheting may help to keep off a decline in brain function with age.

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

The findings shed light on normal age-related changes in mental function, which could aid in understanding the process of dementia, according to the researchers.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

The tests are designed to detect subtle changes in mental function, and involve solving puzzles, recalling words and details from stories, and identifying patterns in collections of letters and symbol.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

These maker spaces are often outside of classrooms, and are serving an important educational function.

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

This is evidence that our immune system really doesn't function so well when we age.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Many of its functions have changed greatly.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

People physically fit enough to survive over 100 years ultimately give in to diseases such as Alzheimer’s, which affects the mind and cognitive function.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

To limit the FAA's functions.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

There should be forces in society who should be concerned about the budget, but they shouldn't be functioning simultaneously as doctors, said Dr.

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Furthermore, the issue is not just how the team can function more effectively, but how it integrates with the overall organization, or society that it supposes it serves.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

If there was a greater coordination of technology transfer offices within regions and a simultaneous investment in the scale and functions of our graduate schools, universities could, and should, play a key role in positioning the UK for the next growth cycle.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

A teacher deserves wide latitude in selecting the method of grading that best promotes learning in her classroom; that is, after all, the prime function of grades.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

A simple and consistent set of endings indicates grammatical functions of words.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to 27 trigger mental pictures helps people function quicker.

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A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Hormones are chemicals which are produced by the body to control various body functions.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

More generally, the Internet functions as if it were my memory.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Since that first repair job, a broken air-conditioner, a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been fixed.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Successful product design takes into consideration a product's function, purpose, shape, form, color, and so on.

2016年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文

The author mentions the functions of science at the beginning of the passage to explain why many writers use science in their works.

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They are required to process the food that we eat, to recover from injury and for several other bodily functions.

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This function of the Internet is particularly striking when I'm writing; I'm no longer comfortable writing if I'm not connected to the Internet.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Supporters of the theory viewed culture as a collection of integrated parts that work together to keep a society functioning.

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Durkheim proposed that religious beliefs functioned to reinforce social solidarity.

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An interest in the relationship between the function of society and culture became a major theme in European, and especially British, anthropology.

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To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.

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Moreover, some have been found to have a valuable function in building up soil fertility.

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It assumes, falsely, I think, that the economic parts of the biotic clock will function without the uneconomic parts.

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The researchers’ argument stems from a simple observation about social influence,with the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey-whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media,not interpersonal,influence-even the most influential members of a population simply don’t interact with that many others.

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The functioning of the market is based on flexible trends dominated by potential buyers.

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The details may be unknowable, but the independence of standard-setters, essential to the proper functioning of capital markets, is being compromised.

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The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Laughter does produce short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, boosting heart rate and oxygen consumption.

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The researchers'argument stems from a simple observation about social influence: with the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah winfrey-whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal, influence-even the most influential mem

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and rad

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