co·op·er·a·tive
adjective OPAL W
/kəʊˈɒpərətɪv/
/kəʊˈɑːpərətɪv/
(British English also co-operative)
- [usually before noun] 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片人通力合作完成的。 - 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。
- Cooperative activity is essential to effective community work.
- 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。
- Employees will generally be more cooperative if their views are taken seriously.
- [usually before noun] (business) 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.
合作社运动十九世纪始于英国。
- a cooperative farm
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin cooperativus, from Latin cooperat- ‘worked together’, from the verb cooperari, from co- ‘together’ + operari ‘to work’.