operative

• adj. 有效的；運轉著的；從事生產勞動的
• n. 偵探；技工

來自operate,運作，操作。

operative (adj.)

"producing the intended effect," early 15c., from Old French operatif (14c.) or directly from Late Latin operativus "creative, formative," from operat-, past participle stem of operari (see operation). Weakened sense of "significant, important" is from 1955.

operative (n.)

"worker, operator," 1809, from operative (adj.); sense of "secret agent, spy" is first attested 1930, probably from its use by the Pinkerton Detective Agency as a title for their private detectives (1905).

1. Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more co-operative states.

她情緒多變，時而咄咄逼人，時而又顯得溫柔平和或樂於合作。

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2. The Youth Training Scheme was operative by the end of 1983.

青年培訓計劃一直持續到1983年底。

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3. They decided a housing co-operative was the way to regenerate Ormiston Crescent.

他們最終決定通過住房合作社來重建奧米斯頓月牙街。

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4. The restaurant is run as a co-operative.

這家飯店是合作經營的。

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5. I made every effort to be co-operative.

我盡了最大努力配合。

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