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operatives
工人；操作员；技工
operatives is the plural of operative.
核心释义
A worker or employee who has a particular function or skill.
- 1.
具有特定职能或技能的雇员或工人；技工。
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
- 2.
秘密从事间谍活动的人
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
- 3.
间谍；特工；侦探。
A spy, secret agent, or detective.
- 4.
可以被雇用来收集信息的侦探
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
- 5.
行动参与者；执行者。
A participant in an operation.
间谍；特工；侦探；行动参与者；具有特定职能或技能的雇员或工人；技工。；秘密从事间谍活动的人；间谍；特工；侦探。
用法In use
The operative slipped into the building unnoticed to collect the documents.
用法提示：名词，指秘密执行任务的特工。
Our lead operative reported that the target had left the country.
用法提示：名词，指负责主要调查的特工。
Two operatives were sent to monitor the suspect's activities.
用法提示：名词复数形式，指从事秘密情报工作的特工。
an operative to [verb phrase]
此义指有特定技能或职责的工人、操作员；注意区别于“特工”义。
The factory hired an operative to run the new machine.
工厂雇了一名操作工来操作新机器。
a [field] operative
常与机构或领域名词连用，指为该机构或领域工作的特工，如 CIA operative（中央情报局特工）。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- CIA operative
- 中情局特工
- The CIA operative was sent to gather intelligence overseas.这名中情局特工被派往海外收集情报。
- intelligence operative
- 情报人员；情报特工
- An intelligence operative reported the suspicious activity.一名情报人员报告了可疑活动。
- undercover operative
- 卧底特工
- The undercover operative infiltrated the criminal gang.这名卧底特工打入了犯罪团伙内部。
- political operative
- 政治操盘手；政治工作人员
- The political operative organized the campaign rallies.这名政治操盘手组织了竞选集会。
- factory operative
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：operative 里藏着 operate（操作、执行），执行任务的人就是员工、特工。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：工业/技术行业、情报/执法/调查领域、正式机构或组织语境 作为名词时，该词通常用于正式或职业语境。指‘工人/操作员/技工’时多用于技术性、工业性表达；指‘间谍/特工/侦探’时常见于新闻报道或情报、执法等语境。总体比较正式，随意口语中很少使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
作名词时指秘密特工或侦探
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
operative /ˈɑpɝətɪv/ 末尾的 -ative 读作 /ətɪv/，与 relative、negative、positive、sensitive、talkative 等词押韵（尽管拼写有 -ative 与 -itive 之分）。注意 creative 虽拼作 -ative，但读作 /kriˈeɪtɪv/，结尾是 /eɪtɪv/，并不与 operative 押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.