"operative regulations"
"the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
"a surgical appendix"
"a surgical procedure"
"operative dentistry"
"the operative word"
"in running (or working) order"
"a functional set of brakes"
1.运作（或运转）着的；起作用的；产生影响的
A system or service that isoperative is working or having an effect.
e.g. The commercial telephone service was no longeroperative...
商业电话服务已不再运营。
e.g. The Youth Training Scheme wasoperative by the end of 1983.
青年培训计划一直持续到1983年底。
2.工人；（尤指）技工，操作员
Anoperative is a worker, especially one who does work with their hands.
e.g. In an automated car plant there is not a humanoperative to be seen.
在自动化汽车制造厂看不到一个工人。
3.特工；间谍；密探；情报人员
Anoperative is someone who works for a government agency such as the intelligence service.
operative
e.g. Naturally the CIA wants to protect its operatives.
美国中央情报局当然想保护其特工。
4.关键词
If you describe a word asthe operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
e.g. As long as theoperative word is 'greed', you can't count on people keeping the costs down...
只要“贪婪”仍是一切的出发点，就别指望人们会降低成本。
e.g. A small dram of whisky may be prescribed by doctors for those over 60 to help them sleep. It is vital though to emphasize that 'small' is theoperative word.
医生可以建议60岁以上的老人少量地喝点威士忌以改善睡眠，然而至关重要的是必须强调“少量”这个关键词。
1. 有效的：这些事实通常是指终极的、关键的、有效的(operative)或支配的(dispositive)事实. [11]然而在实践中,起诉书中的法律和事实的区别不可能被完全确定. 例如,在一个民事案件中,原告既无必要也没有资格主张被告欠他一定数额的金钱:这一点被认为仅是法律陈述而非事实陈述.
2. 技工：英国的技术人才可分为四类:最低层为技工(operative),指运用机器的半技术工人或技术工人,其合格条件无一定标准;第二层为工匠(Craftsman),通常指受过职业训练,但未接受较高技术训练的成熟工人,
3. 手术的,有效的,操作的：operation towel 手术巾 |operative 手术的,有效的,操作的 | operator 手术者,操作人员
4. operative
4. 操作的：operative lay-time 生产性停泊时间 |operative 操作的 | operator aborted 操作员已放弃
How infantile phantasies..remained operative in the adult.
出自：P. Grosskurth
