collaborate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they collaborate | |
| he / she / it collaborates | |
| past simple collaborated | |
| past participle collaborated | |
| -ing form collaborating |
- [intransitive]
to work together with somebody in order to produce or achieve something 合作；协作 Researchers around the world are collaborating to develop a new vaccine. 世界各地的研究人员正在合作培育一种新的疫苗。 - collaborate (with somebody) (on something)
We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 这些年来我们合作搞了许多项目。 - collaborate (with somebody) (in something/in doing something)
She agreed to collaborate with him in writing her biography. 她同意与他合作撰写她的传记。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- closely
- on
- with
- [intransitive] collaborate (with somebody) (disapproving)
to help the enemy who has taken control of your country during a war 通敌；勾结敌人 He was accused of collaborating with the enemy. 他被指控与敌人勾结。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin collaborat- ‘worked with’, from the verb collaborare, from col- ‘together’ + laborare ‘to work’.