operative

1. Of course , the operative phrase here is " in theory . "

当然这里提到的有效词语是“理论上”。

2. There has been a curious symmetry to the events of the past few weeks , one republican operative notes .

一位共和党私人侦探指出：过去几周内的事件有不可思议的对称性。

3. As if to prove it , pakistani authorities arrested an al-qaeda operative in karachi .

似乎为了证被明这一点，巴基斯坦政府在卡拉奇逮捕了一名基地密探。

4. Her party talks grandly of a concept of " operative federalism " , meaning that states should get more control of public funds .

她的党派傲慢地谈论一个“有效的联邦制”的概念，意味着各邦可以更多地控制公共资金。

5. I enjoyed following myself down a street , as a dot on a map , for instance , but all I was really doing was being both cia operative and target in a tiny movie of my own life .

我享受自己像地图上的一个点，走在一条街道上，但是我真正全部所做的不过在自己生活的微小影片中成为中央情报局侦探和目标。

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