Of course , the operative phrase here is " in theory . "
当然这里提到的有效词语是“理论上”。
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。
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。
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。
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 .