operate

verb

机器 machine

1. 运转；工作
   to work in a particular way
   1. Most domestic freezers operate at below –18˚C.
      多数家用冰柜能制冷到零下18摄氏度以下。
   2. Solar panels can only operate in sunlight.
      太阳能电池板只能在日光下起作用。
   3. Some people can only operate well under pressure.
      有些人只有在压力下才工作得好。
2. 操作；控制；使运行
   to use or control a machine or make it work
   1. What skills are needed to operate this machinery?
      操作这种机器需要什么技能？

系统；过程；服务 system/process/service

3. （被）使用；（使）运转
   to be used or working; to use sth or make it work
   1. A new late-night service is now operating.
      现在推出一项新的深夜服务。
   2. The regulation operates in favour of married couples.
      这一规定的实施有利于已婚夫妇。
   3. The airline operates flights to 25 countries.
      这家航空公司经营飞往25个国家的航班。
   4. France operates a system of subsidized loans to dairy farmers.
      法国对奶农实行补贴贷款制度。

企业；机构 of business/organization

4. （以某方式或从某地方）经营，营业
   to work in a particular way or from a particular place
   1. They plan to operate from a new office in Edinburgh.
      他们计划由爱丁堡的新办事处经营。
   2. Illegal drinking clubs continue to operate in the city.
      非法饮酒俱乐部继续在城内营业。

医疗 medical

5. 动手术
   to cut open sb's body in order to remove a part that has a disease or to repair a part that is damaged
   1. The doctors operated last night.
      医生昨夜做手术了。
   2. We will have to operate on his eyes.
      我们得给他的眼睛动手术。

士兵 of soldiers

6. （在某地）采取军事行动
   to be involved in military activities in a place
   1. Troops are operating from bases in the north.
      部队正从北部基地发动军事行动。

1. V-ERG 经营；管理；运营；运作
   If you operate a business or organization, you work to keep it running properly. If a business or organization operates, it carries out its work.
   1. Until his death in 1986 Greenwood owned and operated an enormous pear orchard.
      到他1986年去世前，格林伍德一直拥有并管理着一片面积广阔的梨园。
   2. ...allowing commercial banks to operate in the country...
      允许商业银行在该国开展业务
   3. Operating costs jumped from £85.3m to £95m.
      运营成本从8,530万英镑激增至9,500万英镑。
2. VERB 工作；起作用
   The way that something operates is the way that it works or has a particular effect.
   1. Ceiling and wall lights can operate independently...
      吊灯和壁灯可单独开关。
   2. How do accounting records operate?...
      账目是如何记录的？
   3. The world of work doesn't operate that way.
      职场上可不是那样的。
3. V-ERG 操作，控制，使用（机器、设备等）；（机器等）运转，运行
   When you operate a machine or device, or when it operates, you make it work.
   1. A massive rock fall trapped the men as they operated a tunnelling machine...
      这些工人在操作隧道挖掘机时被大量的落石困住了。
   2. The number of fax machines operating around the world has now reached ten million.
      现在全球使用的传真机数量已达到了1,000万台。
4. VERB （对…）动手术
   When surgeons operate on a patient in a hospital, they cut open a patient's body in order to remove, replace, or repair a diseased or damaged part.
   1. The surgeon who operated on the King released new details of his injuries...
      为国王动手术的外科医生通报了其伤势的最新详情。
   2. You examine a patient and then you decide whether or not to operate.
      先为病人作检查，然后再决定是否做手术。
5. VERB （在某一地区）作战，执行任务
   If military forces are operating in a particular region, they are in that place in order to carry out their orders.
   1. Up to ten thousand Zimbabwean soldiers are operating in Mozambique...
      多达1万名津巴布韦士兵正在莫桑比克执行任务。
   2. This freed the Austrian army to operate against the French.
      这使得奥地利军队可以对法军作战。

1. The army is now empowered to operate on a shoot-to-kill basis
   军队得到授权，在行动中可以开枪射杀。
2. Hotels operate a collection service for their guests from the airports.
   宾馆为客人提供机场接机服务。
3. Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery
   饮酒会削弱你驾驶汽车或操控机器的能力。
4. These gangs operate with apparent impunity.
   这些团伙明目张胆地活动，却不受任何惩罚。
5. This boat has a good deck layout making everything easy to operate.
   这艘船的甲板布局合理，使得所有操控都很方便。
6. When the menu has popped up you should left-click on one of the choices to make it operate.
   弹出菜单后，须左击其中一个选项方可运行。
7. It gained a licence to operate as a bank from the Bank of England in 1981.
   它于1981年从英格兰银行得到了银行经营执照。
8. The vital task was to allow the economy to operate freely at a micro level.
   关键任务是要实现经济在微观层面的自由运转。
9. Until his death in 1986 Greenwood owned and operated an enormous pear orchard.
   到他1986年去世前，格林伍德一直拥有并管理着一片面积广阔的梨园。
10. Ceiling and wall lights can operate independently
    吊灯和壁灯可单独开关。
11. How do accounting records operate?
    账目是如何记录的？
12. The world of work doesn't operate that way.
    职场上可不是那样的。
13. A massive rock fall trapped the men as they operated a tunnelling machine
    这些工人在操作隧道挖掘机时被大量的落石困住了。
14. The number of fax machines operating around the world has now reached ten million.
    现在全球使用的传真机数量已达到了1,000万台。
15. The surgeon who operated on the King released new details of his injuries
    为国王动手术的外科医生通报了其伤势的最新详情。
16. You examine a patient and then you decide whether or not to operate.
    先为病人作检查，然后再决定是否做手术。
17. Up to ten thousand Zimbabwean soldiers are operating in Mozambique
    多达1万名津巴布韦士兵正在莫桑比克执行任务。
18. This freed the Austrian army to operate against the French.
    这使得奥地利军队可以对法军作战。
19. Trains will operate from Waterloo with a pick-up stop at Ashford.
    火车从滑铁卢站出发，途中会在阿什福德站停靠上人。
20. The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
    政府撤销了她丈夫管理外来打工人群的许可证。
21. Short-haul flights operate from Heathrow and Gatwick.
    希思罗和盖特威克之间有短程航班。
22. The weather has brought such a demand for beer that one brewery will operate over the weekend
    天气状况使得对啤酒的需求大增，一家啤酒厂周末要加班了。
23. I thought it was unethical for doctors to operate upon their wives.
    我认为医生为自己妻子做手术不合乎职业道德。
24. But your partners will have no voice in how you operate your company.
    但是你的合伙人对你如何经营公司不会有发言权。
25. Today's pawnbrokers operate within well-defined financial regulations.
    当今的典当商按照明晰的金融规章运作。
26. This lathe is easy to operate.
    这台机床容易操作。
27. Our model is easy to operate and maintain.
    我们这个型号（的机器）很容易操作和保养。
28. The Air Services are not yet sound enough economically to operate without government subsidies.
    航空公司还不景气，没有政府的补贴就难以经营。

  operate function go run work【导航词义：运行，运转】

  operate v. 操作；运转

〔辨析〕指人操控机器或设备，也指机器等运行。

  function v. 正常运转，起作用

〔辨析〕指系统、机器设备、机构、人等正常工作。

  go v. 运行，运转

〔辨析〕指机器、装置等工作，多用于口语。

  run v. （使）运转，（使）运行

〔辨析〕指机器、引擎等工作或使其开动，也指计算机程序运行或使其运行。

  work v. 运转；操作

〔辨析〕普通用词，指机器或设备正常工作，也可指使用机器或设备。

verb

1. perform surgery on
   1. The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life

   Synonym:    operate on

2. happen
   1. What is going on in the minds of the people?

3. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense

   Synonym:    manoeuvermaneuvermanoeuvre

4. handle and cause to function
   1. do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol
   2. control the lever

   Synonym:    control

5. keep engaged
   1. engaged the gears

   Synonym:    engagemeshlock

6. perform as expected when applied
   1. The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
   2. Does this old car still run well?
   3. This old radio doesn't work anymore

   Synonym:    functionworkgorun

7. direct or control
   1. She is running a relief operation in the Sudan

   Synonym:    run