What does "operate on" mean?

To perform surgery To conduct a surgical procedure on a patient.

How do you use "operate on" in a sentence?

They operated on her knee. The surgeon will operate on him tomorrow. He was operated on for appendicitis.

Phrasal Verb BritishAmericanAustralian ★★★★★ Very Common Neutral

의미: To perform surgery

给…做手术

Operar

手術する

수술하다

To conduct a surgical procedure on a patient.

对患者进行外科手术。

Realizar una intervención quirúrgica a un paciente.

患者に外科手術を行うこと。

환자에게 외과적 시술을 하다.

Base verb: operate

Particle: on

Separable: No — the verb and particle stay together

They operated on her knee.
他们给她的膝盖做了手术
Le operaron la rodilla
彼女の膝を手術した
그녀의 무릎을 수술했어.
The surgeon will operate on him tomorrow.
外科医生明天给他做手术
El cirujano le operará mañana
外科医が明日彼を手術する
외과 의사가 내일 그를 수술할 거야.
He was operated on for appendicitis.
他做了阑尾炎手术
Le operaron de apendicitis
彼は盲腸で手術を受けた
그는 맹장염으로 수술을 받았어.

맥락: surgery, hospital, medical

어조: clinical

From performing operations.

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal