operate

英 [ˈɒpəreɪt]

美 [ˈɑːpəreɪt]

v.  运转; 工作; 操作; 控制; 使运行; (被)使用; (使)运转

现在分词：operating　过去分词：operated　第三人称单数：operates　过去式：operated　

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同义词辨析

operatefunctiongorunwork【导航词义：运行，运转】

牛津词典

verb

机器 machine
• 运转；工作
  to work in a particular way
  1. Most domestic freezers operate at below –18˚C.
     多数家用冰柜能制冷到零下18摄氏度以下。
  2. Solar panels can only operate in sunlight.
     太阳能电池板只能在日光下起作用。
  3. Some people can only operate well under pressure.
     有些人只有在压力下才工作得好。
• 操作；控制；使运行
  to use or control a machine or make it work
  1. What skills are needed to operate this machinery?
     操作这种机器需要什么技能？
系统；过程；服务 system/process/service
• （被）使用；（使）运转
  to be used or working; to use sth or make it work
  1. A new late-night service is now operating.
     现在推出一项新的深夜服务。
  2. The regulation operates in favour of married couples.
     这一规定的实施有利于已婚夫妇。
  3. The airline operates flights to 25 countries.
     这家航空公司经营飞往25个国家的航班。
  4. France operates a system of subsidized loans to dairy farmers.
     法国对奶农实行补贴贷款制度。
企业；机构 of business/organization
• （以某方式或从某地方）经营，营业
  to work in a particular way or from a particular place
  1. They plan to operate from a new office in Edinburgh.
     他们计划由爱丁堡的新办事处经营。
  2. Illegal drinking clubs continue to operate in the city.
     非法饮酒俱乐部继续在城内营业。
医疗 medical
• 动手术
  to cut open sb's body in order to remove a part that has a disease or to repair a part that is damaged
  1. The doctors operated last night.
     医生昨夜做手术了。
  2. We will have to operate on his eyes.
     我们得给他的眼睛动手术。
士兵 of soldiers
• （在某地）采取军事行动
  to be involved in military activities in a place
  1. Troops are operating from bases in the north.
     部队正从北部基地发动军事行动。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 经营；管理；运营；运作
  If youoperatea business or organization, you work to keep it running properly. If a business or organizationoperates, it carries out its work.
  1. Until his death in 1986 Greenwood owned and operated an enormous pear orchard.
     到他1986年去世前，格林伍德一直拥有并管理着一片面积广阔的梨园。
  2. ...allowing commercial banks to operate in the country...
     允许商业银行在该国开展业务
  3. Operating costs jumped from £85.3m to £95m.
     运营成本从8,530万英镑激增至9,500万英镑。
• VERB 工作；起作用
  The way that somethingoperatesis the way that it works or has a particular effect.
  1. Ceiling and wall lights can operate independently...
     吊灯和壁灯可单独开关。
  2. How do accounting records operate?...
     账目是如何记录的？
  3. The world of work doesn't operate that way.
     职场上可不是那样的。
• V-ERG 操作，控制，使用（机器、设备等）；（机器等）运转，运行
  When youoperatea machine or device, or when itoperates, you make it work.
  1. A massive rock fall trapped the men as they operated a tunnelling machine...
     这些工人在操作隧道挖掘机时被大量的落石困住了。
  2. The number of fax machines operating around the world has now reached ten million.
     现在全球使用的传真机数量已达到了1,000万台。
• VERB （对…）动手术
  When surgeonsoperate ona patient in a hospital, they cut open a patient's body in order to remove, replace, or repair a diseased or damaged part.
  1. The surgeon who operated on the King released new details of his injuries...
     为国王动手术的外科医生通报了其伤势的最新详情。
  2. You examine a patient and then you decide whether or not to operate.
     先为病人作检查，然后再决定是否做手术。
• VERB （在某一地区）作战，执行任务
  If military forcesare operating ina particular region, they are in that place in order to carry out their orders.
  1. Up to ten thousand Zimbabwean soldiers are operating in Mozambique...
     多达1万名津巴布韦士兵正在莫桑比克执行任务。
  2. This freed the Austrian army to operate against the French.
     这使得奥地利军队可以对法军作战。

英英释义

verb

• perform surgery on
  1. The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life
  Synonym:operate on
• happen
  1. What is going on in the minds of the people?
• perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
  Synonym:manoeuvermaneuvermanoeuvre
• handle and cause to function
  1. do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol
  2. control the lever
  Synonym:control
• keep engaged
  1. engaged the gears
  Synonym:engagemeshlock
• perform as expected when applied
  1. The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
  2. Does this old car still run well?
  3. This old radio doesn't work anymore
  Synonym:functionworkgorun
• direct or control
  1. She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
  Synonym:run

双语例句

• This boat has a good deck layout making everything easy to operate.
  这艘船的甲板布局合理，使得所有操控都很方便。
• I thought it was unethical for doctors to operate upon their wives.
  我认为医生为自己妻子做手术不合乎职业道德。
• When the menu has popped up you should left-click on one of the choices to make it operate.
  弹出菜单后，须左击其中一个选项方可运行。
• It gained a licence to operate as a bank from the Bank of England in 1981.
  它于1981年从英格兰银行得到了银行经营执照。
• The number of fax machines operating around the world has now reached ten million.
  现在全球使用的传真机数量已达到了1,000万台。
• But your partners will have no voice in how you operate your company.
  但是你的合伙人对你如何经营公司不会有发言权。
• Up to ten thousand Zimbabwean soldiers are operating in Mozambique
  多达1万名津巴布韦士兵正在莫桑比克执行任务。
• Short-haul flights operate from Heathrow and Gatwick.
  希思罗和盖特威克之间有短程航班。
• Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery
  饮酒会削弱你驾驶汽车或操控机器的能力。
• The surgeon who operated on the King released new details of his injuries
  为国王动手术的外科医生通报了其伤势的最新详情。