operative
英 ['ɒp(ə)rətɪv]
美 ['ɑpərətɪv]
- adj. 有效的；运转着的；从事生产劳动的
- n. 侦探；技工
中文词源
operative 运转的，操作的来自operate,运作，操作。
英文词源
- operative (adj.)
- "producing the intended effect," early 15c., from Old French operatif (14c.) or directly from Late Latin operativus "creative, formative," from operat-, past participle stem of operari (see operation). Weakened sense of "significant, important" is from 1955.
- operative (n.)
- "worker, operator," 1809, from operative (adj.); sense of "secret agent, spy" is first attested 1930, probably from its use by the Pinkerton Detective Agency as a title for their private detectives (1905).
双语例句
- 1. Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more co-operative states.
- 她情绪多变，时而咄咄逼人，时而又显得温柔平和或乐于合作。
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- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They decided a housing co-operative was the way to regenerate Ormiston Crescent.
- 他们最终决定通过住房合作社来重建奥米斯顿月牙街。
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- 4. The restaurant is run as a co-operative.
- 这家饭店是合作经营的。
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- 5. I made every effort to be co-operative.
- 我尽了最大努力配合。
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