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zuò yòng
n./v. influence, effect, impact; motive, intention; to act on, to affect
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
/ xiào guǒ
[n] effect, result
/ gōng néng
[n] function
/ gōng xiào
[n] efficacy, effect, effectiveness
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tā men xī wàng zhè cì chéng fá néng qǐ dào shā yī jíng bǎi de zuò yòng .
phr. They hope this punishment will act as a deterrent to others.
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xīn yí qì duì gǎi shàn xiàn yǒu de zhuàng kuàng zuò yòng bú dà
phr. The new instrument didn't have much effect on the present situation.
fù zuò yòng
n. side effect
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dìng liàng fēn xī zài shè huì kē xué yán jiū zhōng qǐ zhe shí fēn zhòng yào de zuò yòng .
phr. Quantitative analysis plays a very important role in social sciences.
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xīn wén chuán méi duì yín dǎo dà zhòng yú lùn qǐ zhe zhòng yào de zuò yòng .
phr. The mass media plays an important role in directing the public opinion.
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ái xì bāo yǐ jīng kuò sàn, zhè zhǒng yào bù qǐ zuò yòng le .
phr. Cancer cells have already spread, and this medicine doesn't work any more.
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bān mǎ shēn shàng de bān wén yǒu yí dìng de bǎo hù zuò yòng .
phr. The stripes on the body of a zebra have a proper protecting function.
fǎn zuò yòng
n. reaction, counter-reflect, retro-action
qǐ zuò yòng
phr. have effects, be effective
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duì ... qǐ ... zuò yòng
phr. play a part of... in..., function as...in...
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fā huī ... zuò yòng
phr. to play a role as..., to influence in a way of..., to serve as...
guāng hé zuò yòng
phr. photosynthesis
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dòu fu de dà xiǎo hé hòu bó duì zhè dào cài de wèi dào qǐ le guān jiàn de zuò yòng .
phr. The size and thickness of the tofu play an important role in the taste of this dish.
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zhè zhóng gǎn mào yào duì wǒ méi shén me zuò yòng .
phr. This kind of medicine for cold doesn't have much effect on me.