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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.

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/ɒ̱pəreɪtə(r)/
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[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

    Oxford op·er·ator / ˈɒpəreɪtə(r) ; NAmE ˈɑːpəreɪtər / noun 1 ( 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 also tel·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 ) a symbol or function which represents an operation in mathematics 算子 operator operators op·er·ator / ˈɒpəreɪtə(r) ; NAmE ˈɑːpəreɪtər /
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    operatorop‧e‧ra‧tor /ˈɒpəreɪtə $ ˈɑːpəreɪtər/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable]
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    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

    operator

    [ˈɒpəreɪtə(r)]

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    n.经营者;操作员;话务员;行家

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