operatives

英 [ˈɒpərətɪvz]

美 [ˈɑpərətɪvz]

n.  工作人员; (尤指)技术工人，操作员; 密探; (尤指政府的)特工人员
operative的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 运作（或运转）着的；起作用的；产生影响的
  A system or service that isoperativeis working or having an effect.
  1. The commercial telephone service was no longer operative...
     商业电话服务已不再运营。
  2. The Youth Training Scheme was operative by the end of 1983.
     青年培训计划一直持续到1983年底。
• N-COUNT 工人；（尤指）技工，操作员
  Anoperativeis a worker, especially one who does work with their hands.
  1. In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen.
     在自动化汽车制造厂看不到一个工人。
• N-COUNT 特工；间谍；密探；情报人员
  Anoperativeis someone who works for a government agency such as the intelligence service.
  1. Naturally the CIA wants to protect its operatives.
     美国中央情报局当然想保护其特工。
• PHRASE 关键词
  If you describe a word asthe operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
  1. As long as the operative word is 'greed', you can't count on people keeping the costs down...
     只要“贪婪”仍是一切的出发点，就别指望人们会降低成本。
  2. A small dram of whisky may be prescribed by doctors for those over 60 to help them sleep. It is vital though to emphasize that 'small' is the operative word.
     医生可以建议60岁以上的老人少量地喝点威士忌以改善睡眠，然而至关重要的是必须强调“少量”这个关键词。

双语例句

• And it has aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda.
  而且它还帮助、训练、收容恐怖分子，其中包括阿尔凯达的特工。
• And we have captured or killed dozens of mid and high-level [ terrorist] operatives in the province and in the city of Mosul itself.
  我们俘虏或打死在尼尼微省和摩苏尔城活动的几十名中层和高层恐怖分子。
• The network is teaching its operatives how to produce ricin and other poisons.
  这个网络教授它的人员如何制作蓖麻毒素和其他毒药。
• I was imagining their operatives in Paris and germany.
  我想象着是巴黎和德国的电报员。
• One of the best operatives in the field.
  这个行业中最出色的人之一。
• Just like any political organisation, Taliban mid-level operatives and fighters have their own interests and must be motivated to follow orders.
  与所有政治组织一样，塔利班中层及普通战士也有自身利益，他们要有动力才会服从命令。
• Orders to intelligence operatives often enjoin secrecy.
  对情报间谍的命令常需要保密。
• However, the huge sums spent by the super-pacs and the close ties between their operatives and the candidates have fuelled public cynicism about politics.
  然而，超级政治行动委员会的巨大花销、以及其成员与候选人之间的紧密联系，助长了公众对政治的怀疑态度。
• Managers facing growing numbers of calls can always recruit more call centre operatives.
  面对呼叫数量的日益增多，经理可以招聘更多的呼叫中心操作员。
• Organize and instruct operatives to handle storage, delivery, inventory of material and analyze material management status.
  组织指导物料管理操作工开展物料的收货、存、放、管、点等管理工作，对物料管理情况进行分析。