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Operative Sense 10516.Operative 英 ɒp(ə)Rətɪv]美 ɑpərətɪv 释义 Adj

正面 10516.operative
英 ['ɒp(ə)rətɪv]美 ['ɑpərətɪv]

背面
释义:
adj. 有效的;运转着的;从事生产劳动的n. 侦探;技工
例句:
1. Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more co-operative states.她情绪多变,时而咄咄逼人,时而又显得温柔平和或乐于合作。

dispatch 派遣——patch 派去
operative 运转的,操作的来自operate,运作,操作。
operative (adj.)"producing the intended effect," early 15c., from Old French operatif (14c.) or directly from Late Latin operativus "creative, formative," from operat-, past participle stem of operari (see operation). Weakened sense of "significant, important" is from 1955.operative (n.)"worker, operator," 1809, from operative (adj.); sense of "secret agent, spy" is first attested 1930, probably from its use by the Pinkerton Detective Agency as a title for their private detectives (1905)."

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