operationally

/ˌɒpəˈreɪʃənəli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɑːpəˈreɪʃənəli/ (ame, ipa) · /¦äpə¦rāshənᵊl|ē, -shnəl|, |i/ (ame, mw)

operationally — 副詞

1. with regard to the daily work, processes, and practical running of a company, gr

1.副詞B2
釋義

在營運上

就機構日常運作方面

with regard to the daily work, processes, and practical running of a company, group, or system — for example, deciding how teams are organised, how schedules are set, or how a factory is kept moving.

例句

Operationally, the airline is ready to launch the new Lisbon route next Monday.

在營運上，這家航空公司已準備好下週一開通新的里斯本航線。

sentence-initial 'Operationally,' framing a whole-organization readiness statement

Ayesha argued that the bakery chain could not afford to expand operationally without hiring more night staff.

Ayesha 認為，這間連鎖麵包店在營運上若不多請夜班人員，根本撐不起擴點。

post-verbal 'expand operationally' — collocation with growth verbs

同義詞
  • logistically

    focuses on supply, scheduling, and movement of resources rather than full daily running

  • administratively

    covers paperwork, rules, and management decisions more than physical running

反義詞

文法句型

operationally + adjective

operationally + verb

用法筆記

Subject of the sentence is usually an organisation, programme, or system, and the comment is about how it runs day-to-day — not whether it is funded, legal, or popular. Often sits sentence-initial as a framing adverb ('Operationally, …') or modifies an adjective describing readiness or difficulty ('operationally ready', 'difficult operationally').

常見錯誤

❌The hospital is operationally famous in the region.
✅The hospital is operationally efficient and well-run.
💡sense 1 talks about how something is run, not about reputation.

2. from the point of view of how something actually behaves or performs while it is

2.副詞C1
釋義

實際運作上

就實際使用或表現而言

from the point of view of how something actually behaves or performs while it is being used — typically said of a machine, software product, scientific definition, or piece of equipment under real working conditions.

例句

The new battery looks impressive on paper, but operationally it lasts barely two hours in cold weather.

這款新電池規格看起來很出色，但實際運作上，在低溫下只能撐不到兩小時。

contrastive 'on paper … operationally' — performance under real use vs spec sheet

Kofi defined intelligence operationally as the score a child obtains on a standard reasoning test.

Kofi 把智力從實際運作上定義為孩子在標準推理測驗中得到的分數。

collocation 'define X operationally as …' — scientific operational definition

同義詞
  • functionally

    very close; emphasises the role or job a thing performs rather than its real-world behaviour

  • practically

    broader; means 'in practice' across many topics, not only technical performance

反義詞
  • theoretically

    describes how something should behave in principle, not how it does behave in use

  • nominally

    describes the stated rating, not the real performance under use

文法句型

operationally + adjective (feasible / sound / equivalent)

tested operationally

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense talks about how a thing performs or is measured during actual use, not about how an organisation runs. Common in engineering, science, and academic writing, often with adjectives like 'feasible', 'sound', 'equivalent', or in the phrase 'define X operationally'.

常見錯誤

❌The charity is operationally feasible to merge with the hospital.' (organisation-level talk)
✅The new drone is operationally feasible for night missions.
💡sense 2 is about how a device or definition behaves in actual use, not about running an organisation.