operative
adj. 有效的；至关重要的；运作的
n. 技工；侦探
副词：operatively
近义词：effective，worker，working，running，ineffect，functioning，operational，active，effectual，alive，inforce，inoperation，efficient，operator，machinist，hand，technician，privateinvestigator，intelligenceagent，Sherlock，intelligenceofficer，privateeye，secretagent，surgical，shamus，functional，privatedetective，PI，key，inoperative，
英英释义
Noun
- a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
- someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Adjective
- being in force or having or exerting force;
"operative regulations" "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
- relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine;
"a surgical appendix" "a surgical procedure" "operative dentistry"
- effective; producing a desired effect;
"the operative word"
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing;
"in running (or working) order" "a functional set of brakes"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- This law becomes operative on 12 May.此法令自5月12日起生效。
- The boss is hopping mad about it and `mad' is the operative word.老板对此事暴跳如雷,“暴跳如雷”这个成语在句中最重要。
- The oil rig is now fully operative.石油钻塔现全面开工。
- The station will be operative again in January.该车站将于一月份恢复使用。
用作名词(n.)
- He is the most skilled operative in the factory.他是工厂里最娴熟的技工。
- The investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity may be nearing an end.对泄露中情局特工身份的调查工作快接近尾声了。