argument142 高铁和牛羊肉 加拿大朋友对最后一句中function的解释

猫猫寿司UID: 2219543

> TOPIC: ARGUMENT142

> - The article entitled 'Eating Iron' in last month's issue of

> Eating for Health reported that a recent study found a correlation

> between high levels of iron in the diet and an increased risk of

> heart disease. Further, it is well established that there is a link

> between large amounts of red meat in the diet and heart disease,

> and red meat is high in iron. On the basis of the study and the

> well-established link between red meat and heart disease, we can

> conclude that the correlation between high iron levels and heart

> disease, then, is most probably a function of the correlation

> between red meat and heart disease.

What they mean by function here is non-mathematical



function in this context means directly related to or caused by:



Because there is a relationship between eating lots of red meat and heart disease

and because high levels of iron appear to cause heart disease

and because red meat contians lots of iron



then



the realtionship between high levels of iron and heart disease is directly related to

the fact that high levels of eating red meat causes heart disease.



I hope I haven't confused you!!



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xinxinwUID: 2144273

就是说那句话的意思是，作者认为铁和心脏病之间的关系，是由红肉中的铁导致的，right?

猫猫寿司UID: 2219543

对的对的
可以这么理解的说