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involving doing something together or working together with others towards a shared aim 合作的；协作的；同心协力的 Cooperative activity is essential to effective community work. 要把社区工作做好，协作活动是必不可少的。 The documentary was a cooperative effort by film-makers from five countries. 这部纪录片是由五个国家的电影制作人合作制作的。 This is a cooperative venture with the University of Copenhagen. 这是与哥本哈根大学的一个合作项目。
helpful by doing what you are asked to do 协助的；配合的 Employees will generally be more cooperative if their views are taken seriously. 如果雇员的意见得到认真对待，他们一般都会更加配合。
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business 商业 owned and run by the people involved, with the profits shared by them 共同拥有共同经营利益共享的；合作的 a cooperative farm 合作农场 The cooperative movement started in Britain in the nineteenth century. 合作社运动始于十九世纪的英国。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin cooperativus, from Latin cooperat- ‘worked together’, from the verb cooperari, from co- ‘together’ + operari ‘to work’.