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单词 operate
例句
operateoperate /ˈɑpəˌreɪt/ verb (formal)1 to use a machine operate (formal)
to use and control a machine or piece of equipment. Operate is used especially in written English, for example in warnings or instructions:
  • Do not operate the chainsaw without safety glasses.
  • You should not drive or operate heavy machinery when taking the medicine.
  • run
    to make a machine or engine do what it is supposed to do:
  • We only run the air conditioner when it’s really hot outside.
  • control
    to make a machine or vehicle do what you want it to do:
  • You can use the radio device to control the toy car.
  • work (informal)
    to make a complicated machine or piece of equipment do what it is supposed to do. You use work especially in spoken English:
  • Does anyone here know how to work this microwave?
  • ➔ see work1
    2 to cut into someone’s body to repair it operate
    if a doctor operates, he or she cuts into someone’s body in order to repair or remove a part that is damaged:
  • They had to operate on my arm because it was broken in two places.
  • do surgery
    do surgery means the same as operate but is less formal:
  • The doctors had to do emergency surgery to stop the bleeding.
  • ➔ see Medical Treatment
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