operations
operations — 名詞
1. the regular daily work and activities that a company, factory, or other organiza
營運；業務
公司、工廠日常運作的活動
the regular daily work and activities that a company, factory, or other organization does to produce or sell things
Toyota moved most of its assembly operations from Japan to Thailand last year.
Toyota 去年把大部分組裝營運從日本搬到了泰國。
moved + operations from X to Y
The bakery suspended operations for three weeks while the new ovens were installed.
那家麵包店在安裝新烤箱的三週期間暫停了營運。
suspend operations for [duration]
Élise runs the European operations of a small Swiss chocolate company from her Paris office.
Élise 從她巴黎的辦公室管理一家瑞士小型巧克力公司的歐洲業務。
Our farming operations in Kenya employ around two hundred local workers during harvest season.
我們在肯亞的農場業務在收成季節雇用大約兩百名當地工人。
Operations at the steel mill have been profitable since the new manager arrived.
自從新經理上任以來，這家鋼鐵廠的營運一直都有獲利。
- business
broader; covers the whole company, not just its daily activity
- activities
more neutral; less suggestive of an ongoing system of work
- production
narrower; specifically about making things, not selling or running
文法句型
company's operations in [place]
operations + verb (singular treated as one activity)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a company, factory, plant, or business unit. Often used with a place adverbial ('operations in Vietnam', 'European operations'). Treated grammatically as plural but refers to one unified business activity.
常見錯誤
2. the way separate pieces inside a device, organization, or wider process fit toge
運作方式
機器、系統各部分如何協同運轉
the way separate pieces inside a device, organization, or wider process fit together and run, so the whole thing keeps working as one
Ilan spent two months learning the operations of the new printing press at the factory.
Ilan 花了兩個月時間學習工廠裡新印刷機的運作方式。
learn + operations of [machine]
The textbook explains the basic operations of the human heart in clear, simple language.
那本教科書用清楚、簡單的文字解釋人類心臟的基本運作方式。
explain + operations of [system]
Lien wrote her thesis on the internal operations of small village banks in northern Vietnam.
Lien 的論文寫的是越南北部小型村鎮銀行的內部運作方式。
Engineers studied the operations of the cooling system before deciding which part to replace.
工程師在決定要換哪個零件之前，先研究了冷卻系統的運作方式。
- workings
very close in meaning; slightly more informal
- functioning
singular and abstract; how it operates rather than what its parts do
- mechanism
narrower; the specific structure that makes it work
文法句型
operations of [machine/system]
study/understand + operations
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 is what a company DOES day to day; sense 2 is how a machine or system WORKS internally. Sense 2 is usually followed by 'of + [machine/system]'.
3. a series of carefully planned activities, often by an army, the police, or a res
行動
為達成目標而執行的有計畫活動
a series of carefully planned activities, often by an army, the police, or a rescue team, done together to reach one goal
Rescue operations in the flooded village continued through the night despite heavy rain.
在水災淹沒的村莊裡，救援行動儘管下著大雨仍持續了一整夜。
rescue operations + continue / launch
Christopher led the police operations against drug dealers in the south of the city.
Christopher 帶領了打擊城市南區毒販的警方行動。
lead + police operations against [target]
Military operations along the border have stopped while the two countries hold peace talks.
邊境的軍事行動在兩國進行和平談判期間已經暫停。
The fire chief coordinated emergency operations from a small van parked near the burning warehouse.
消防隊長在燒著的倉庫旁邊一輛小貨車裡指揮緊急行動。
Shirin reported on rescue operations after the earthquake hit the small mountain town.
Shirin 報導了那座山中小鎮地震發生後的救援行動。
- mission
usually one specific task; operations is broader and ongoing
- campaign
longer, often political or military; operations focuses on the action itself
- manoeuvres
specifically military; movements of soldiers or vehicles for practice or attack
文法句型
military/police/rescue + operations
carry out / launch / coordinate + operations
用法筆記
Almost always plural in this sense, even when describing one campaign ('rescue operations' rather than 'a rescue operation' when talking about ongoing effort). Common modifiers: rescue, military, police, search, peacekeeping, anti-terror, undercover.
常見錯誤
4. a business or company, used especially when its name includes the word 'operatio
事業體
被視為單一單位的公司或業務
a business or company, used especially when its name includes the word 'operations' or when it acts as one combined unit
Dahlia sold her family's small farming operations to a bigger Brazilian agricultural group.
Dahlia 把家族的小型農業事業體賣給了一家較大的巴西農業集團。
sell + [adj] operations (as one business)
Yan-Sheng runs a logistics operations based in a quiet industrial park outside Taichung.
Yan-Sheng 在台中市郊一個安靜的工業區裡經營一家物流事業體。
run + a [adj] operations (treated as one company)
The mining operations in northern Chile employ over five hundred workers and three engineers.
智利北部的礦業事業體雇用了超過五百名工人和三位工程師。
Diego started a small fishing operations near the coast with money from his retired father.
Diego 用他退休父親的錢在海邊開了一間小型的漁業事業體。
- business
the most natural everyday word; less formal
- enterprise
formal; suggests something newly started or larger in scale
- concern
old-fashioned; still used in business writing for 'a small concern'
文法句型
[Adj] + operations as the name of a business
用法筆記
Less common than sense 1 and easily confused with it. Sense 1 is the daily activity of a known company; sense 4 treats the whole business as 'an operations' (a unit you can buy, sell, or start). The form often appears with an adjective naming the field: 'mining operations', 'fishing operations', 'farming operations'.
5. medical procedures in which a doctor cuts open a person's body to fix, take out,
手術
醫師切開身體進行的醫療程序
medical procedures in which a doctor cuts open a person's body to fix, take out, or replace a part that is hurt or sick
Folake had three operations on her right knee before she could walk without pain.
Folake 的右膝動了三次手術，之後走路才不會痛。
have + operations on + [body part]
Surgeons at the children's hospital perform around two hundred operations every month.
兒童醫院的外科醫師每個月大約執行兩百次手術。
perform + operations
Gita needed two more operations to remove the small tumour from her left lung.
Gita 還需要動兩次手術才能把左肺裡的小腫瘤切除。
Operations on the heart have become much safer over the last twenty years.
心臟手術在過去二十年間已經變得安全許多。
- surgeries
American English equivalent; very close in meaning
- procedures
broader; includes non-surgical medical work
文法句型
[N] + operations to [verb]
perform/have/undergo + operations
用法筆記
Simple plural of 'operation' (the surgical procedure). Common verbs: have, undergo, perform, schedule, recover from. Usually followed by 'on + body part' or 'to + verb'.
常見錯誤
6. steps in maths — like adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing — that take
運算
加減乘除等數學步驟
steps in maths — like adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing — that take some numbers as input and give back a different number as the result
Jenna's daughter learned the four basic operations of arithmetic in her second year of school.
Jenna 的女兒在小學二年級就學會了四則運算。
basic operations of arithmetic
Calculators can perform millions of operations in just one second without making mistakes.
計算機可以在一秒內進行數百萬次運算而不會出錯。
perform + operations
Sophia learned that the order of operations changed her answer on every test question.
Sophia 學到運算順序改變了她每一題考試題目的答案。
Each spreadsheet step runs three simple operations on the numbers in the cell above.
試算表的每一步都會對上面那格的數字進行三次簡單運算。
- calculations
broader; includes any kind of working out, not just the four basic steps
- procedures
more general; any sequence of steps in maths or computing
文法句型
mathematical/arithmetic + operations
perform + operations
用法筆記
Frequently appears in the fixed phrase 'order of operations' (the rule that multiplication and division come before addition and subtraction). Common in textbooks and computing contexts.