cooperate
verb(British English also co-operate)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cooperate | |
| he / she / it cooperates | |
| past simple cooperated | |
| past participle cooperated | |
| -ing form cooperating |
- [intransitive] cooperate (with somebody) (in/on something)
to work together with somebody else in order to achieve something 合作；协作 The two groups agreed to cooperate with each other. 这两个组同意相互协作。 They had cooperated closely in the planning of the project. 他们曾密切合作，共同规划这一项目。
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1The two companies are cooperating in the development of a new engine. 两家公司正在合作开发一种新的发动机。 We are cooperating on a research project. 我们正在合作搞一个科研项目。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- closely
- will
- would
- agree to
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- in
- on
- with
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- [intransitive] cooperate (with somebody) (in/on something)
to be helpful by doing what somebody asks you to do 协助；配合 Their captors told them they would be killed unless they cooperated. 抓住他们的人说如果他们不配合就杀掉他们。 The company has agreed to cooperate with the employment survey. 这家公司已同意配合进行就业调查。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- closely
- will
- would
- agree to
- …
- in
- on
- with
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin cooperat- ‘worked together’, from the verb cooperari, from co- ‘together’ + operari ‘to work’.