学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 operative

今天我们要学的词是 operative. Operative 作为名词，有间谍，特工的意思。A U.S. drone attack killed a French ISIS operative suspected of conducting a terrorist attack on a tourist beach in Tunisia. 美国无人机打死了一个法国籍伊斯兰国激进组织特工，此人涉嫌制造了突尼斯度假海岸的恐怖袭击事件。A former CIA operative and independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin accused Donald Trump¹ of not being a “loyal American.” 曾是中央情报局特工的前独立党派总统候选人麦克马林指责川普不是忠诚的美国人。好的，我们今天学习的词是 operative, operative, operative...

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。