operate
v.作业，工作；操作；经营；(对...)动手术
释义2：
operate
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◙ verb1. [with obj.] (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system)• （人）操作（机器、过程或系统） »a shortage of workers to operate new machines. 操作新机器的人手短缺。 »the Prime Minister operates a system of divide and rule. 首相操作着分而治之的系统。 [no obj., with adverbial] (of a machine, process, or system) function in a specified manner• （机器、过程或系统）运作 »market forces were allowed to operate freely. 市场力量获准自由运作。 [no obj.] be in effect• 实施；生效 »there is a powerful law which operates in politics. 有一条在政治上实施有力的法律。 (of a person or organization) manage and run (a business)• （人，机构）经营 »many foreign companies operate factories in the United States. 许多外国公司在美国经营工厂。 [no obj., with adverbial] (of an organization) be managed and run in a specified way• （机构）被经营 »neither company had operated within the terms of its constitution. 两家公司一家也没有按照其规章经营。 [no obj., with adverbial] (of an armed force) conduct military activities in a specified area or from a specified base• （军事力量）在特定地区（或由特定基地）展开军事活动2. [no obj.] perform a surgical operation• 动手术 »my brother had to be operated on last week. 我弟弟上星期不得不动了手术。 »the surgeons refused to operate. 医生们拒绝动手术。【语源】
1. early 17th cent.: from Latin operat- 'done by labour', from the verb operari, from opus, oper- 'work'
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