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operate v.操作；运转；经营；动手术 (1) 这台电梯运转不正常。(2) 他们经营三家工厂和一个大仓库。(3) 许多工厂都是负债经营。(4) 医生开始给那个男孩动手术。 Operate comes from a Latin root related to opus, "work," and it's a verb that can be used for all kinds of work. Your computer can operate smoothly, the lottery can operate successfully, your school can operate a day care center in some vacant classrooms, and you can operate your vehicle in a safe manner. If you're an unshakable optimist, your friends may say you "operate in a dream world."

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英 ['ɒpəreɪt] 美 ['ɑːpəreɪt] (1) The lift doesn't operate properly.(2) They operate three factories and a huge warehouse.(3) A large number of factories operate in the red.(4) The doctor began to operate on the boy. You'll want to find a skilled surgeon to operate on your hand. Once your hand is working again, you'll be able to operate your buzz saw with ease. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]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.   [V n]  [V]  [V-ing]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。...allowing commercial banks to operate in the country...允许商业银行在该国开展业务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。operationCompany finance is to provide funds for the everyday operation of the business.公司融资是要为日常运作提供资金。2[VERB 动词]工作；起作用 The way that something operates is the way that it works or has a particular effect.   [V adv/prep]  [V n]Ceiling and wall lights can operate independently...吊灯和壁灯可单独开关。How do accounting records operate?...账目是如何记录的？The world of work doesn't operate that way.职场上可不是那样的。operationWhy is it the case that taking part-time work is made so difficult by the operation of the benefit system?为什么福利制度的实行会使打零工变得这么困难？3[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]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.   [V n]  [V]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。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。operation...over 1,000 dials monitoring every aspect of the operation of the aeroplane.监控飞机所有运行细节的1,000多个仪表盘4[VERB 动词]（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.   [V on n]  [V]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。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 动词]（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.   [V prep]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。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。

英语单词	operate
英美音标	英 ['ɒpəreɪt] 美 ['ɑːpəreɪt]
中文释义	v.操作；运转；经营；动手术
英语例句	(1) The lift doesn't operate properly. (2) They operate three factories and a huge warehouse. (3) A large number of factories operate in the red. (4) The doctor began to operate on the boy.
中文例句	(1) 这台电梯运转不正常。 (2) 他们经营三家工厂和一个大仓库。 (3) 许多工厂都是负债经营。 (4) 医生开始给那个男孩动手术。
vocabulary简明	You'll want to find a skilled surgeon to operate on your hand. Once your hand is working again, you'll be able to operate your buzz saw with ease.
vocabulary扩展	Operate comes from a Latin root related to opus, "work," and it's a verb that can be used for all kinds of work. Your computer can operate smoothly, the lottery can operate successfully, your school can operate a day care center in some vacant classrooms, and you can operate your vehicle in a safe manner. If you're an unshakable optimist, your friends may say you "operate in a dream world."
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]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. [V n] [V] [V-ing] 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。 ...allowing commercial banks to operate in the country... 允许商业银行在该国开展业务 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。 operation Company finance is to provide funds for the everyday operation of the business. 公司融资是要为日常运作提供资金。 2 [VERB 动词]工作；起作用 The way that something operates is the way that it works or has a particular effect. [V adv/prep] [V n] Ceiling and wall lights can operate independently... 吊灯和壁灯可单独开关。 How do accounting records operate?... 账目是如何记录的？ The world of work doesn't operate that way. 职场上可不是那样的。 operation Why is it the case that taking part-time work is made so difficult by the operation of the benefit system? 为什么福利制度的实行会使打零工变得这么困难？ 3 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]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. [V n] [V] 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。 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。 operation ...over 1,000 dials monitoring every aspect of the operation of the aeroplane. 监控飞机所有运行细节的1,000多个仪表盘 4 [VERB 动词]（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. [V on n] [V] 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。 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 动词]（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. [V prep] 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。 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。

Operate [V Operation N Operating Work D Verb