operate作为动词，含义为运转工作操作控制使运行(被)使用(使)运转。
例句：Solar panels can only operate in sunlight.
太阳能电池板只能在日光下起作用。
What skills are needed to operate this machinery?
操作这种机器需要什么技能
A new late-night service is now operating.
现在推出一项新的`深夜服务。
They plan to operate from a new office in Edinburgh.
他们计划由爱丁堡的新办事处经营。
The doctors operated last night.
医生昨夜做手术了。
Troops are operating from bases in the north.
部队正从北部基地发动军事行动。
