col·lab·o·rate
verb/kəˈlæbəreɪt/
/kəˈlæbəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they collaborate | /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it collaborates | /kəˈlæbəreɪts/ /kəˈlæbəreɪts/ |
| past simple collaborated | /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪd/ /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle collaborated | /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪd/ /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form collaborating | /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪŋ/ /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [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
- Researchers around the world are collaborating to develop a new vaccine.
- [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。
- He was accused of collaborating with the enemy.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin collaborat- ‘worked with’, from the verb collaborare, from col- ‘together’ + laborare ‘to work’.