Among them was Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican of South Carolina: "Our immigration laws prohibit the release of a terrorist operative within the United States,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

It's as if the distinction between John Milton and the speaker of Lycidas wasn't really operative.

似乎弥尔顿和的演说人之间的区分,并不是那么重要的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

That's how operative conditioning works.

这就是操作性条件反射。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Nabhan was believed to be a central operative for the global terrorist group al-Qaida.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The procedure plus two weeks of post-operative care and counseling to help address emotional issues and help women reintegrate into society can all be done for as little as $300.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Nabhan is thought to have been closely tied to Fazul Abdullah Mohamed, al-Qaida's chief operative in the region and a suspected mastermind of the 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi and Tanzania's capital Dar es Salaam.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Heavy mortar exchanges have since erupted in the Bakara market area of Mogadishu, A spokesman for the al Shabab terrorist group claimed the suicide attack was in retaliation for the killing of a wanted senior al-Qaida operative in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17