functionalist
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl.ɪst/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl.ɪst/architecture,engineeringspecialized
basedon theprinciplethat the mostimportantthing about anobjectorbuildingisitsuseratherthan what itlookslike:
(建筑)功能主义的,实用主义的acompact, 1930s functionalistbuildingthat wasoncethelocalbank一座曾经是当地银行、紧凑的1930年代功能主义建筑
Thesecommercialofficeblocksshareadepressinglyfunctionalistapproachtoarchitecture.这些商业办公大楼均采用了功能主义建筑风格,令人压抑。
describingorexaminingsomethingaccordingtoitsuse orpurpose:
功能主义者的A functionalistexplanationconsidersan animal'straitsacording totheircontributionto the animal'ssurvival.功能主义者的理解是动物的特性要用这些特性对这种动物生存(繁衍)的贡献值来进行考量。
From a functionalistperspective,societyisregardedas asystem.从功能主义者的角度来看,社会被视为一个系统。
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functionalism
- The building's functionalistdesignowedmuch to Emberton'sassistantGeorge Fairweather.
 - Theinteriorwasdesignedby theinnovativefunctionalistarchitectE. G. Asplund.
 - It was aratherpretentiousbuildingfor the usually functionalistfamily.
 - cheap, functionalistdesignsdevoidof anyrealcomplexity
 - Hedevelopeda functionalistanalysisofsocialsystems.
 - The functionalistviewofconsultancyseesconsultingfirmsascarriersandtransmittersofmanagementknowledge.
 - Thisargumentislargelya functionalist one.
 
Philosophy
- aesthete
 - aesthetic
 - aesthetically
 - anthropocentric
 - anthropocentrism
 - epistemology
 - essentialism
 - existential
 - existentialism
 - existentialist
 - notional
 - ontological
 - ontology
 - Parkinson's law
 - phenomenologist
 - superorganic
 - syllogism
 - syllogistic
 - symbolism
 - tabula rasa
 
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Performing a function