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词汇 operative
释义

operative

noun
/ˈɒpərətɪv/
/ˈɑːpərətɪv/
  1. (specialist) a worker, especially one who works with their hands工作人员;(尤指)技术工人,操作员
    • a factory operative工厂工人
    • skilled/unskilled operatives技术/非技术工人
  2. (especially North American English) a person who does secret work, especially for a government organization密探;(尤指政府的)特工人员
    • an intelligence operative情报人员
  3. 词源late Middle English: from late Latin operativus, from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.

operative

adjective
/ˈɒpərətɪv/
/ˈɑːpərətɪv/
Idioms
  1. [not usually before noun] ready to be used; in use可使用;在使用中 synonym functional
    • This law becomes operative immediately.本法规即时生效。
    • The station will be fully operative again in January.该站将于一月份全部恢复运营。
    • an agreement/an accord/a proposal/a tax/a rule/an amendment/an act becomes operative协议/协议/提案/税收/规则/修正案/法案开始生效
    Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • remain
    adverb
    • fully
  2. [only before noun] (medical医学) connected with a medical operation手术的
    • operative treatment手术治疗
    see also post-operativeTopics Medicinec2
  3. 词源late Middle English: from late Latin operativus, from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.
Idioms
the operative word
  1. used to emphasize that a particular word or phrase is the most important one in a sentence关键词;最重要的词语
    • I was in love with her—‘was’ being the operative word.在 I was in love with her 这句话中,was 是关键词。
    • He seemed nice. But ‘seemed’ was the operative word.他好像还不错吧。不过“好像”二字是关键词。
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