operative word

operative word

美 　英

• 网络关键字；有法律效力的词；重要的词

例句

As you discover a genuine need for something (genuine being the operative word), take it out of storage with a clear conscience.

当你发现你真正需要某样东西（真正的需要的话），已明确的目的把他们取出来。

When she was employed with the company she made a lot of money. "Was" is operative word here, because she just got fired last month.

她以前在这家公司工作的时候曾经赚很多钱，“曾经”是这句话的关键字，因为她上个月才被开除了。

Relaxation seems to be the operative word.

放松似乎是个很妥当的词。

In one arrangement, an electrical connection is established between the dummy word line and the end one of the operative word lines.

在一种排列方式中，在虚拟字线与运作字线的末尾一条运作字线之间建立电性连接。

"That's the operative word for the leader in North Korea to understand. "

“这是朝鲜领导人能够理解的有效语言。”

The operative word in all of this, of course, is "seemed. "

当然，最关键的字眼就是，这一切都“看上去”像是这样。

Automatically is the operative word here.

自动在这里是最重要的词。

'Need, ' she adds, is the 'operative word. '

她补充说，“需要”才是关键问题。

The operative word is "relative. "

这里比较关键的词是“相对于”。

I had my closet organised (had being the operative word).

我整理了我的衣橱（如果这么说可以的话）。

The operative word, of course, is first.

当然这时的有效词是first。

The operative word here is approachable.

这里最重要的词是可实现。

The operative word here is "equivalent" and how that is defined.

这里的关键词是“同等的”，以及该怎样去理解这个词。