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

• The June transfer of the Al-Qaeda operatives from Iran to Saudi Arabia reflects improving ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
  伊朗在六月间将盖达分子交给沙乌地阿拉伯的行动，反映了伊朗与沙国间的关系正趋于改善。
• Orders to intelligence operatives often enjoin secrecy.
  对情报间谍的命令常需要保密。
• The labor market is another important channel for spillovers, as almost all MNCs train operatives and managers who may subsequently take employment in local firms or establish entirely new companies.
  劳动力市场是另一个重要渠道溢出，因为几乎所有跨国公司列车操作人员和管理人员，他们接下来可能会采取雇佣当地企业或建立完全的新公司。
• Terrorists use the Internet to recruit operatives and plot attacks.
  恐怖分子利用互联网招兵买马和策划攻击事件。
• 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。
• One of the best operatives in the field.
  这个行业中最出色的人之一。
• I was imagining their operatives in Paris and germany.
  我想象着是巴黎和德国的电报员。
• A darkling glance; secret operatives and darkling conspiracies-Archibald MacLeish.
  可怕的一瞥；秘密的间谍和暗中进行的阴谋&阿奇博尔德·麦克利什。
• 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。
• Both cases focus attention on a group of interior ministry operatives who seemingly have wide powers of arrest.
  两案都令人关注一群似乎拥有广泛逮捕权的内务部官员。