operative

noun

1. 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
2. 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.

1. 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。
2. 手术的
   connected with a medical operation
   1. operative treatment
      手术治疗

1. ADJ 运作（或运转）着的；起作用的；产生影响的
   A system or service that is operative is 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。
2. N-COUNT 工人；（尤指）技工，操作员
   An operative is 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。
3. N-COUNT 特工；间谍；密探；情报人员
   An operative is 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。
4. PHRASE 关键词
   If you describe a word as the 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. Naturally the CIA wants to protect its operatives.
   美国中央情报局当然想保护其特工。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Objective: To explore the operative technique of parasagittal meningiomas.
   目的：探讨矢状窦旁脑膜瘤的手术方法与技巧。
9. 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。
10. Physical diagnostics is a highly operative and practical course.
    物理诊断学是一门操作性和实践性都很强的课程。
11. Objective: To detect the operative technique and aesthetic problem of reconstruction to deformity of bilateral cleft lip.
    目的：探讨整复双侧唇裂畸形的技巧和美学问题。
12. Objective: To investigate the operative methods and curative effect of congenital club foot in different age group.
    目的：探讨不同年龄组先天性马蹄内翻足手术方法和疗效。
13. METHODS: The operative procedure was improved continuously to explore the effective treatment of ptosis surgery.
    方法：为探讨上睑下垂术的有效治疗方法，不断改进手术方式。
14. INTRODUCTION: A main drawback of neoadjuant chemotherapy is that it may increase operative morbidity and mortality.
    引言：新辅助化疗的一个主要缺点是可能增加手术并发症和死亡率。
15. 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。
16. Objective To study the operative type and therapeutic efficacy of the parotid gland carcinoma.
    目的探讨腮腺癌的手术方式和治疗效果。
17. 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）。
18. Both ultrasonic preoperative thyroid lobe volumes and the operative incision lengths were analyzed in all patients.
    对所有病人的术前超声测定的甲状腺叶体积及手术切口长度进行了分析。
19. Objective: to investigate the clinical features and post operative management in aged patients with acute cholecystitis.
    摘要目的：探讨老年人急性胆囊炎的临床特点和手术问题。
20. The presence of adhesions did not change operative time.
    粘连的存在与否，并没有影响手术时间。
21. Methods The operative procedure, mental nursing and clinical nursing were briefly introduced.
    方法简要介绍了手术操作、心理护理、临床护理。
22. S.A.The operative procedure, surgical indication, ability recovery, postoperative pain, complications and recurrence rate were studied.
    观察手术方法及时间、手术指征、术后病人自主能力的恢复、术后伤口疼痛、并发症和复发率。
23. Objective: to carry about the economical evaluation of closed and operative treatment of clavicle fracture.
    摘要目的：对锁骨骨折的保守和手术治疗方案进行经济学评价。
24. Results Operative incision of 78 cases were primary healing.
    结果78例患者手术切口均一期愈合。
25. 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。
26. That's right, and these three operative divisions are backed up by another three servicing divisions.
    对，这三个具体操作部门得到另外三个服务部门的支持。
27. Objective To investigate the operative methods and the factors affecting the prognosis of congenital intestinal atresia.
    目的探讨先天性肠闭锁的手术治疗方法及影响预后的因素。
28. 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。
29. Objective: To investigate the methods of microsurgical treatment and their operative effect on the tuberculum sellae meningiomas.
    目的探讨显微外科手术治疗鞍结节脑膜瘤的方法及效果。

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
  1. 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。

noun

1. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

   Synonym:    private detectivePIprivate eyeprivate investigatorshamussherlock

2. a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

   Synonym:    secret agentintelligence officerintelligence agent

adj

1. being in force or having or exerting force
   1. operative regulations
   2. the major tendencies operative in the American political system

2. (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)

3. 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

4. effective
   1. the operative word