operative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒpəɹətɪv/|/ˈɒpɹətɪv/    美 /ˈɑpəɹətɪv/|/ˈɑpɹətɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
    — Practically 50 per cent of the female operatives are found in the two groups aged 15 to 19 and 20 to 24 years, while only 18.2 per cent of the female nonoperatives are found in these age groups.
  2. A spy, secret agent, or detective.
  3. A participant in an operation.
形容词 adj.
  1. Effectual or important.
    — He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
  2. Functional, in working order.
  3. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
    — an operative motive
  4. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
    — an operative dose, rule, or penalty
  5. Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
    — operative surgery

词形变化

more operative comparative most operative superlative operatives plural

词汇关系

衍生词
co-öperative cooperative Co-operative Commonwealth Federation disoperative inoperative interoperative intra-operative intraoperative microoperative nonoperative operative clause operatively Operative Masonry operativeness operative word operativity paraoperative perioperative peri-operative peroperative post-operative postoperative preoperative pre-operative reoperative retro-operative transoperative unco-operative unoperative
相关词
operand operant operate operation operational operator

词源

词源 1
From Middle English operative, operatyfe, from Middle French operatif (modern French opératif) or its etymon Latin operātīvus. By surface analysis, operate + -ive.
词源 2
From Middle English operative, operatyfe, from Middle French operatif (modern French opératif) or its etymon Latin operātīvus. By surface analysis, operate + -ive.
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