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单词 functioning
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functioningn.

Brit. /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃənɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)nɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: function v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < function v. + -ing suffix1.
The action or an act of performing or fulfilling a function; operation; working.
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the world > action or operation > [noun]
workOE
operationa1393
workmanshipc1400
actionc1405
act?a1425
workinga1425
activityc1485
executiona1530
play1548
workfulness1570
inworking1587
acting1605
agency1606
operancea1625
transaction1663
operancyc1811
outworking1846
mediacy1854
functioning1856
the world > life > the body > system > [noun] > organ > faculty or function of > functioning
functioning1856
1856 Morning Chron. 17 Sept. 4/1 At length, Independent men begin to discriminate between this mere Administrative functioning and that larger, bolder, and more comprehensive system of action which deserves the name of Government.
1881 W. S. Tuke tr. J. M. Charcot Clin. Lect. 232 Disturbances resulting from the abnormal functioning of the affected organ.
1904 Daily Chron. 19 Aug. 3/2 The marvellous mechanism and functioning of the universe.
1954 R. H. Cochrane Farm Machinery & Tractors (ed. 2) 171 For correct functioning proper contact must be made between the rotor arm and the plug leads.
1987 W. Greider Secrets of Temple i. iii. 88 Friedman objected fundamentally to nearly any form of government intrusion in the natural functionings of the private marketplace.
2013 Runner's World Sept. 65/2 According to experts, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)..improves the functioning of the cerebral cortex.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

functioningadj.

Brit. /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃn̩ɪŋ/, /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃənɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)nɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: function n., -ing suffix2; function v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: Partly < function n. + -ing suffix2, and partly (in later use) < function v. + -ing suffix2.
That functions; working, operating.
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the world > action or operation > [adjective] > in operation
workfulOE
operant?a1425
operative?a1425
inworking1587
energetical1595
afloat1604
working1609
energetic1629
active1641
energizing1751
energic1786
operating1825
functioning1835
running1842
functionating1884
functional1892
1835 Lancet 30 May 273/2 Animals in whom the functioning organ presents difficulties which are otherwise insurmountable.
1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man ii. 117 The still functioning muscles of the forehead.
1948 M. J. Herskovits Man & his Wks. xiv. 215 Trait and complex and pattern..intermesh, as the gears of some machine to constitute a smoothly running, effectively functioning whole.
1962 Lancet 19 May 1049/1 Nephrectomy would remove one kidney from a patient whose two functioning kidneys were already inadequate.
1969 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 80 11 At Greenwich there was another functioning Herschel telescope.
2005 Independent 10 Oct. 28/1 I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

Compounds

functioning alcoholic n. a person who is dependent on alcohol but is capable of functioning in the professional and social roles expected of him or her; cf. functional alcoholic n. at functional adj. and n. Compounds.
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1973 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 22 Mar. 2/3 The therapy is geared for what Murray described as the functioning alcoholic—the person who has a job but..his job and life are threatened by his drinking.
1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 July 16 If Fitzgerald was a splintered, classic alcoholic,..[Hemingway] was, at the very least, a functioning alcoholic.
2008 N. Neill (title) Living with a functioning alcoholic: a woman's survival guide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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