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operate

🇬🇧 UK/'ɒpәreit/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 1kTOEFLA2

Definitions

v.

To work or function; to control a device or machine; to perform surgery.

操作;运转;动手术;经营

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
operwork, labor, opus
+
ateto make, having
=operate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The doctor must operate on the patient before tomorrow.

  • 2.

    The factory operates twenty-four hours a day.

  • 3.

    Can you operate this complex machinery?

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