operative

英 [ˈɒpərətɪv]

美 [ˈɑːpərətɪv]

n. 工作人员; (尤指)技术工人，操作员; 密探; (尤指政府的)特工人员
adj. 可使用; 在使用中; 手术的

复数：operatives　

GRE TEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.11393 / COCA.10270

习惯用语

adj.

the operative word

关键词；最重要的词语
used to emphasize that a particular word or phrase is the most important one in a sentence
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。

牛津词典

noun

工作人员；（尤指）技术工人，操作员
a worker, especially one who works with their hands
1. a factory operative
  工厂工人
2. skilled/unskilled operatives
  技术 / 非技术工人
密探；（尤指政府的）特工人员
a person who does secret work, especially for a government organization
1. an intelligence operative
  情报人员

adj.

可使用；在使用中
ready to be used; in use
1. This law becomes operative immediately.
  本法规即时生效。
2. The station will be fully operative again in January.
  该站将于一月份全部恢复运营。
手术的
connected with a medical operation
1. operative treatment
  手术治疗

柯林斯词典

ADJ 运作（或运转）着的；起作用的；产生影响的
A system or service that isoperativeis working or having an effect.
1. The commercial telephone service was no longer operative...
  商业电话服务已不再运营。
2. The Youth Training Scheme was operative by the end of 1983.
  青年培训计划一直持续到1983年底。
N-COUNT 工人；（尤指）技工，操作员
Anoperativeis a worker, especially one who does work with their hands.
1. In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen.
  在自动化汽车制造厂看不到一个工人。
N-COUNT 特工；间谍；密探；情报人员
Anoperativeis someone who works for a government agency such as the intelligence service.
1. Naturally the CIA wants to protect its operatives.
  美国中央情报局当然想保护其特工。
PHRASE 关键词
If you describe a word asthe operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
1. As long as the operative word is 'greed', you can't count on people keeping the costs down...
  只要“贪婪”仍是一切的出发点，就别指望人们会降低成本。
2. A small dram of whisky may be prescribed by doctors for those over 60 to help them sleep. It is vital though to emphasize that 'small' is the operative word.
  医生可以建议60岁以上的老人少量地喝点威士忌以改善睡眠，然而至关重要的是必须强调“少量”这个关键词。

英英释义

noun

someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Synonym:private detectivePIprivate eyeprivate investigatorshamussherlock
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
Synonym:secret agentintelligence officerintelligence agent

adj

being in force or having or exerting force
1. operative regulations
2. the major tendencies operative in the American political system
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
1. in running (or working) order
2. a functional set of brakes
Synonym:running(a)functionalworking(a)
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
1. a surgical appendix
2. a surgical procedure
3. operative dentistry
Synonym:surgical
effective
1. the operative word

双语例句

Objective To report the operative technique and clinical results of distal phalanx replantation.
目的报道末节断指再植的手术方法及临床效果。
In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen.
在自动化汽车制造厂看不到一个工人。
Materialist dialectics argues that external causes become operative through internal causes.
唯物辩证法认为，外因通过内因而起作用。
Objective To study the effect comparison between skeletal traction and operative treatment in acetabular comminuted fracture.
目的研究髋臼粉碎性骨折采用骨牵引与手术治疗的疗效比较。
I had my closet organised ( had being the operative word).
我整理了我的衣橱（如果这么说可以的话）。
A small dram of whisky may be prescribed by doctors for those over 60 to help them sleep. It is vital though to emphasize that 'small' is the operative word.
医生可以建议60岁以上的老人少量地喝点威士忌以改善睡眠，然而至关重要的是必须强调“少量”这个关键词。
The Youth Training Scheme was operative by the end of 1983.
青年培训计划一直持续到1983年底。
Infection, operative trauma, and other stresses may increase energy expenditure and protein and micronutrient needs.
感染、手术创伤和其他应激事件有可能增加能量消耗以及对蛋白质和微量营养素的需求。
The commercial telephone service was no longer operative
商业电话服务已不再运营。
Objective To investigate the surgical indication and operative method of arachnoid cyst ( AC).
目的探讨蛛网膜囊肿的手术指征和手术方法。