operate
- v.操作;使运行;工作;控制;(被)使用;经营，营业;(使)运转;动手术;（在某地）采取军事行动
过去式： operated 现在分词： operating 过去分词： operated 第三人称单数： operates
operateverb
机器 machine
运转；工作
to work in a particular way
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。
Solar panels can only operate in sunlight.
太阳能电池板只能在日光下起作用。
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
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
A new late-night service is now operating.
现在推出一项新的深夜服务。
The regulation operates in favour of married couples.
这一规定的实施有利于已婚夫妇。
The airline operates flights to 25 countries.
这家航空公司经营飞往25个国家的航班。
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
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。
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
The doctors operated last night.
医生昨夜做手术了。
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
Troops are operating from bases in the north.
部队正从北部基地发动军事行动。
operate
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V-ERG 经营；管理；运营；运作
If you operate a business or organization, you work to keep it running properly. If a business or organization operates, it carries out its work.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。
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Company finance is to provide funds for the everyday operation of the business.
公司融资是要为日常运作提供资金。
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VERB 工作；起作用
The way that something operates is the way that it works or has a particular effect.Ceiling and wall lights can operate independently...
吊灯和壁灯可单独开关。
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Why is it the case that taking part-time work is made so difficult by the operation of the benefit system?
为什么福利制度的实行会使打零工变得这么困难？
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V-ERG 操作，控制，使用（机器、设备等）；（机器等）运转，运行
When you operate a machine or device, or when it operates, you make it work.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。
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...over 1,000 dials monitoring every aspect of the operation of the aeroplane.
监控飞机所有运行细节的1,000多个仪表盘
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VERB （对…）动手术
When surgeons operate on a patient in a hospital, they cut open a patient's body in order to remove, replace, or repair a diseased or damaged part.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。
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VERB （在某一地区）作战，执行任务
If military forces are operating in a particular region, they are in that place in order to carry out their orders.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。
verb
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- perform surgery on
- The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life
- Synonym: operate on
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- happen
- What is going on in the minds of the people?
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- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
- Synonym: manoeuver maneuver manoeuvre
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- handle and cause to function
- do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol
- control the lever
- Synonym: control
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- keep engaged
- engaged the gears
- Synonym: engage mesh lock
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- perform as expected when applied
- The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
- Does this old car still run well?
- This old radio doesn't work anymore
- Synonym: function work go run
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- direct or control;projects, businesses, etc.
- She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
- Synonym: run
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Nuclear plants are expensive to build , though cheap to operate
核电站造价高昂，虽然运转费用低廉。
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The vital task was to allow the economy to operate freely at a micro level .
关键任务是要实现经济在微观层面的自由运转。
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Some people can only operate well under pressure .
有些人只有在压力下才工作得好。
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To make the training realistic the simulation operates in real time .
为使训练真实，模拟是实时运行的。
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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。
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We are now operating at a loss .
我们现在是亏本经营。
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A new late-night service is now operating .
现在推出一项新的深夜服务。
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This explains the rules under which the library operates .
这份材料说明了图书馆的运行规则。
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The patient died on the operating table .
病人死在手术台上。
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Unlike the American , the British press operates on a national scale .
与美国不同，英国报刊都是行销全国的。
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A flying doctor service operates in remote regions .
在偏远地区有飞行医生服务。
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What skills are needed to operate this machinery ?
操作这种机器需要什么技能？
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No government operates with a completely clean sheet .
没有任何政府执政一点也不失误。
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We managed to operate a skeleton bus service during the strike .
罢工期间，我们设法保持最起码的公共汽车营运。
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Illegal drinking clubs continue to operate in the city .
非法饮酒俱乐部继续在城内营业。
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The unit is comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate .
这种设备比较容易安装而且用起来便宜。
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We will have to operate on his eyes .
我们得给他的眼睛动手术。
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Troops are operating from bases in the north .
部队正从北部基地发动军事行动。
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In the event of the machine not operating correctly , an error code will appear .
如果机器运转不正常，就会出现错误代码。
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The contract clearly specifies who can operate the machinery .
合同明确规定谁可以操作机器。
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Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority .
许多原本分散的团体现在正在单一的权威领导下运作。
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France operates a system of subsidized loans to dairy farmers .
法国对奶农实行补贴贷款制度。
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Fire crews have been operating at full stretch .
各消防队一直在全力以赴。
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A courtesy bus operates between the hotel and the town centre .
有免费的公共汽车往返于旅馆和市中心之间。
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What are your average operating margins ?
你的平均营业利润率是多少？
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We 're operating in a dog-eat-dog world .
我们是在一个残酷竞争的世界里立足。
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The regulation operates in favour of married couples .
这一规定的实施有利于已婚夫妇。
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Solar panels can only operate in sunlight .
太阳能电池板只能在日光下起作用。
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The airline operates flights to 25 countries .
这家航空公司经营飞往25个国家的航班。
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The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers .
警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
指人操控机器或设备，也指机器等运行。
He taught me how to operate a computer.
他教我如何使用计算机。
The machine operates well.
机器运转正常。
指系统、机器设备、机构、人等正常工作。
The water system is not functioning well.
供水系统有点问题。
Despite the power outage, the hospital continued to function normally.
尽管供电中断，医院继续照常运作。
He can't function without a coffee in the morning.
他早上不喝杯咖啡就无法工作。
指机器、装置等工作，多用于口语。
She couldn't get the air conditioner going.
她没法让空调工作起来。
My watch isn't going.
我的表不走了。
指机器、引擎等工作或使其开动，也指计算机程序运行或使其运行。
His van runs on diesel.
他的货车用的是柴油。
Keep the engine running.
别让发动机熄火。
Will the software run on any computer?
这个软件在任何电脑上都能运行吗？
普通用词，指机器或设备正常工作，也可指使用机器或设备。
The chainsaw doesn't work.
链锯坏了。
The clock is working properly.
钟走得很正常。
That little boy can even work the video.
那个小男孩甚至连录像机都会用。
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