| 单词 | operative |
| 释义 | operative (once / 1140 pages) 1adj 2adj 3n Bond, James Bond, is perhaps the most famous fictional operative of our time. Martini-drinking, globe-trotting, and womanizing aside, let us not forget his primary role as a government secret agent — collecting intelligence and bringing down the world's enemies. As a noun, operative is often used as a synonym for spy. It can also, less covertly, be used to name a skilled worker, as in "No one aligns gears better than Joe, an operative at the car factory." As an adjective, operative can mean that something is working, as in "an operative car alarm." Finally, operative can mean "the most important or effective word." James Bond is a fictional operative, and the operative word in that statement is fictional. WORD FAMILYoperative: inoperative, operatively, operatives, postoperative, preoperative+/inoperable: inoperably/interoperable: interoperability/operable: inoperable, interoperable/operate: operable, operated, operates, operating, operation, operative, operator/operation: operational, operations/operational: nonoperational, operationalism, operationally/operationalism: operationalist/operator: operators/postoperative: postoperatively USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, the locations served as retreats for Russian diplomats and intelligence operatives. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) It is the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s job to identify and track the operatives, part of a routine cat-and-mouse game. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) At the CIA’s annual Memorial Wall ceremony in 2000, Kirzinger said Tenet’s vivid remarks about the slain operatives inspired his project. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj effective; producing a desired effect the operative word Syn important, significant important in effect or meaning 2adj being in force or having or exerting force operative regulations the major tendencies operative in the American political system Syn|Ant operant having influence or producing an effect effective, good, in effect, in forceexerting force or influence in operation, operating, operationalbeing in effect or operation workingserving to permit or facilitate further work or activity inoperative not working or taking effect downnot functioning (temporarily or permanently) deadout of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown defunctno longer in force or use; inactive 3adj (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing 2Syn functional, running, working functioning performing or able to perform its regular function adj relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine 3operative dentistry Syn|Ant surgical preoperative happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation postoperativehappening or done after a surgical operation medical requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery 1n someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information Syn|Hypo|Hyper PI, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock hotel detective, house detective, house dick a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store inquiry agenta private detective store detectivea private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage detective an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public 2n a person secretly employed in espionage for a government Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper intelligence agent, intelligence officer, secret agent Margarete Gertrud Zelle Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917) agent-in-place an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target agent provocateur, provocateura secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts bridge agentan operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area case officeran operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service codetalker, windtalkera secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II foota member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger NOCan undercover agent who is given no official cover spy, undercover agent(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors walk-inan operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum action officerthe case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area) counterspy, molea spy who works against enemy espionage double agenta spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries espionage agentsomeone employed to spy on another country or business competitor foreign agenta spy for a foreign country infiltratorsomeone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage sleepera spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal agent a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations |
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