Operator Person Telephone Company N Count 可数名词 Call [Usu
The flashcard defines "operator" with multiple meanings: someone who connects telephone calls, a person who operates machinery, a business owner or manager, a shrewd or skillful (sometimes dishonest) person, and in mathematics, a symbol or function representing an operation.
The flashcard defines "operator" as a person who handles telephone calls, operates machinery, runs a business, or can be a shrewd individual, often in politics or business, sometimes implying dishonesty. It also mentions its use in mathematics for symbols or functions.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]电话接线员 An operator is a person who connects telephone calls at a telephone exchange or in a place such as an office or hotel.
He dialled the operator and put in a call for Rome.
他拨了接线员的号,让他接通一个到罗马的电话。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](机器)操作员,技工 An operator is a person who is employed to operate or control a machine.
[usu n N]
...computer operators.
计算机操作员
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](企业的)经营者;运营公司 An operator is a person or a company that runs a business.
[usu with supp]
[BUSINESS 商]
...'Tele-Communications', the nation's largest cable TV operator.
全国最大的有线电视运营商“电视通信公司”
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]精明圆滑的人;善于取巧的人 If you call someone a good operator, you mean that they are skilful at achieving what they want, often in a slightly dishonest way.
[usu adj N]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
He was a smart operator. Don't underestimate him.
他这个人精明圆滑,可别小瞧了他。
...one of the shrewdest political operators in the Arab World.
阿拉伯世界最精明狡猾的政客之一
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See also:
tour operator
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Oxford
op·er·ator/ˈɒpəreɪtə(r); NAmEˈɑːpəreɪtər/noun1( often in compounds 常构成复合词) a person who operates equipment or a machine 操作人员;技工◆a computer/machine operator电脑╱机器操作员2(BrE alsotel·eph·on·ist)a person who works on the telephone switchboardof a large company or organization, especially at a telephone exchange电话员;接线员3( often in compounds 常构成复合词) a person or company that runs a particular business (某企业的)经营者,专业公司◆a tour operator经营旅游业者◆a bus operator公共汽车公司4( informal,especially disapproving) a person who is skilful at getting what they want, especially when this involves behaving in a dishonest way 投机取巧者;善于钻营的人;骗子◆a smooth/slick/shrewd operator一个八面玲珑╱油嘴滑舌╱工于心计的取巧者5( mathematics 数) a symbol or function which represents an operation in mathematics 算子operatoroperatorsop·er·ator/ˈɒpəreɪtə(r); NAmEˈɑːpəreɪtər/
1someone who works on a telephone switchboard, who you can call for help: Hello, operator? Could you put me through to Room 31?2someone who operates a machine or piece of equipmentmachine/computer/radio etc operator computers which can be used by untrained operators3a person or company that operates a particular business: new regulations affecting taxi operators Julian travelled with Caribbean Connection, the UK's leading Caribbean tour operator (=company that arranges holidays). a private operator running regular passenger services4someone who is good at achieving things by persuading people to help or agree with them: Monsieur Valentin was a formidable political operator. He may not look it, but Newman is a smooth operator (=someone who is good at persuading people but who you feel you cannot trust).
WDF
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n.经营者;操作员;话务员;行家
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