OPERATIVE翻译：工人;（尤指）技工, 密探;特工人员, 有效的;实施中的;使用中的, 和手术有关的。 了解更多。

The meaning of OPERATIVE is producing an appropriate effect : efficacious. How to use operative in a sentence.

2. 可数名词 An operative is a worker, especially one who does work with their hands.

OPERATIVE definition: a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker. See examples of operative used in a sentence.

1. Being in effect; having force; operating: "Two major tendencies are operative in the American political system" (Heinz Eulau). 2. Functioning effectively; efficient. 3. Engaged in or …

having force; being in effect or operation: laws operative in this city. effective or efficacious. engaged in, concerned with, or pertaining to work or productive activity. significant; key: The …

Definition of operative noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Our computerized stock-control system is now operative. I’m looking for a large, affordable apartment – and "affordable" is the operative word (= it has special importance).

An operative is someone who works for a government agency such as the intelligence service.

If I go, I will bring a salad. “If,” however, is the operative word, since I am not sure that I can go.