Before that time, submarines had operated on diesel fuel and electricity.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

When you think about an int or a float or a dictionary or a list, you knew that there were functions that operated on them.

当你想到整型，浮点型，或者链表时,你知道可以用函数去处理他们,但是当你传递一个参数，例如链表。

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Intel has operated on the Sabbath in Jerusalem for years, so it is not clear why the protests broke out now.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

How many hours a day the pump needs to be operated depends on the season and how much water is needed for crops.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Twenty-nine died on April 5 in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, operated by the Massey Energy Company.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27