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

• 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。
• SOLDIER is a group of skilled combat operatives within the Shinra Company, who is rapidly increasing its influence through its monopoly on mako energy and military might.
  士兵一批熟练的战斗在神罗公司的操作工，谁是它的影响力迅速增加，通过其垄断地位对马可的能源和军事实力。
• 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。
• Mr Kim's operatives then withdrew the money-in cash, in order not to leave a paper trail-and transferred it to banks in Luxembourg.
  金正日的手下在事情暴露之后转移了这笔款项。为了不给他人留下书面证据，这笔钱已经被转存到了卢森堡的银行。
• 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。
• We broke up a Southeast Asian terror cell grooming operatives for attacks inside the United states.
  我们破坏了一个东南亚恐怖小组策划在美国内部发起袭击。
• As our organization's top spy kid operatives!
  他们是我们组织中的高级特工小子！
• 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。
• People murdered by government operatives.
  政府高层谋杀了太多人。
• 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。