Usage note
作用表示效果、用途或影响。
zuò yòng biǎo shì xiào guǒ 、 yòng tú huò yǐng xiǎng。
作用 means effect, purpose, or influence.
作用表示效果、用途或影响。
zuò yòng biǎo shì xiào guǒ 、 yòng tú huò yǐng xiǎng。
作用 means effect, purpose, or influence.
作用常用于说明事物的功能。
zuò yòng cháng yòng yú shuō míng shì wù de gōng néng。
It is often used to describe the function of things.
作用 is the effect or function itself; 效果 is the result you see.
功能 is what something is made to do, like a machine's function.
影响 is the influence one thing has on another.