operate /ˈɒpəˌreɪt/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (operating,operated,operates)

• 1.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If you operate a business or organization, you work to keep it running. If a business or organization operates, it carries out its work. 经营; 运营

  例：

  Until his death in 1986 Greenwood owned and operated an enormous pear orchard.

  直到1986年去世，格林伍德一直拥有并经营着一个规模巨大的梨园。

• 2.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） operation 经营

  例：

  Company finance is to provide funds for the everyday operation of the business.

  公司财务将为公司业务的日常运转提供资金。

• 3.  

  V-I（不及物动词） The way that something operates is the way that it works or has a particular effect. 起作用

  例：

  Ceiling and wall lights can operate independently.

  天花板和墙上的灯能够独立操控。

• 4.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） operation 运行

  例：

  No money can be spent on the construction and operation of the tram.

  没有钱可以用于有轨电车的建设和运行。

• 5.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） When you operate a machine or device, or when it operates, you make it work. 操作; 运转

  例：

  A massive rock fall trapped the men as they operated a tunnelling machine.

  那些男人在驾驶隧道掘进机时，一次大面积的岩崩困住了他们。

• 6.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） operation 操作

  例：

  ...over 1,000 dials monitoring every aspect of the operation of the aeroplane.

  …监控着飞机每项操作的1000多个调节控制器。

• 7.  

  V-I（不及物动词） When surgeons operate on a patient in a hospital, they cut open a patient's body in order to remove, replace, or repair a diseased or damaged part. 动手术

  例：

  In March 2005, surgeons operated on Max for a brain aneurysm.

  2005年3月，外科医生们为马克斯做了脑部动脉瘤手术。