operative 

  1. 形容詞
操作的, 在施行的
在運轉的, 運行著的
手術的
從事生產勞動的
起作用的, 有效的

    同義字詞
active,alive,functional,functioning,going,live,living,on,operating,operational,running,working
effective,effectual,efficacious,efficient,fruitful,potent,productive

  2. 名詞
技工, 工人
偵探
間諜
/此名詞複數為"operatives"/

    同義字詞
agent,emissary,spook,spy
detective,investigator,private detective,private eye,private investigator,sherlock,sleuth

例句

  1. He was a CIA operative by history.
  2. The operative word being " holds".
  3. I'm sleeping on my operative side.
  4. Larry Curtiss - A security operative .
  5. The operative word here is ' minority'.