colleague

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col·league /ˈkɒliːɡ $ ˈkɑː-/ S2 W2 AWL noun [countableC]

WORKERsomeone you work with – used especially by professional people 同事，同僚〔尤为专业人士所用〕 SYN co-worker

a colleague of mine from the bank

我在银行的一位同事

She discussed the idea with some of her colleagues.

她和几位同事讨论了这个想法。

n THESAURUS

colleague someone who you work with in a company or organization, for example someone working in the same office, or someone teaching in the same school

Friends and former colleagues described him as a kind and caring man.

She discovered that her male colleagues were earning more than she was.

workmate British EnglishBrE someone who you work with. Workmate is more informal than colleague

He went out for a drink with his workmates.

coworker American EnglishAmE someone who you work with

I was sad to say goodbye to all of my coworkers.

associate someone who you work with, especially another businessman or businesswoman

They are close friends and business associates.

staff all the people who work for an organization

The company employs a total of 520 staff.

a staff meeting

Examples from the Corpus

colleague• Can you imagine him a colleague of yours?• I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine, Jean-Michel Blanc from our Paris office.• Jenny is a conscientious manager, very popular with her colleagues.• In 1985 the Uyghur archaeologist Dolkun Kamberi and his colleagues uncovered five tombs, only two of which had not been looted.• Along with his colleagues, more escapes were planned and other schemes hatched.• my colleagues at the university• He was scathing in his criticism of colleagues whose work did not match these standards.• Long was a choleric, short-tempered man who was a constant trial to colleagues in opposition or in power.

From Longman Business Dictionary

colleaguecol·league /ˈkɒliːgˈkɑː-/ noun [countableC]

someone you work with, used especially by professional people or managers

a colleague of mine at the bank

Origin colleague

(1500-1600) French collègue, from Latin collega, from com- ( → COM-) + legare “to choose for a particular job”

col·league noun →n THESAURUS1

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