operative
adj
(fml 文)
1 [usu pred 通常作表语]
operating; effective; in use 操作; 有效; 使用中
This law becomes operative on 12 May. 此法令自5月12日起生效.
The station will be operative again in January. 该车站将於一月份恢复使用.
The oil rig is now fully operative. 石油钻塔现全面开工.
2 (idm 习语) the operative word the most significant word (in a phrase, etc that has just been used) (刚用过的)最重要的词, 最关键的词
The boss is hopping mad about it and `mad' is the operative word. 老板对此事暴跳如雷--`暴跳如雷'这个成语在句中最重要. operative, n (fml 文)
1 worker, esp a manual one 工作者; (尤指)体力劳动者, 工人
factory operatives 工厂工人.
2 secret agent; spy 特务; 间谍
undercover operatives 密探.
The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马,加以驯服。
It must have been a gas that could burn but that would not explode, a gas that did not smell strong, and a gas that did not kill people.
它一定是一种能够燃烧而不能爆炸的气体,一种味道不很强的而且不使人致死的气体。
Don't tell me that all this is because of a photograph taken when I was twelve.