collaborate

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col·lab·o·rate /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 TOGETHERto work together with a person or group in order to achieve something, especially in science or art 〔尤指在科学或艺术方面〕合作，协作 → collaborator

collaborate on

The two nations are collaborating on several satellite projects.

两国在几个人造卫星项目上展开合作。

collaborate with

During the late seventies, he collaborated with the legendary Muddy Waters.

70年代后期，他和大名鼎鼎的马迪•沃特斯合作过。

collaborate to do something

Researchers are collaborating to develop the vaccine.

研究人员在合作研发疫苗。

collaborate in (doing) something

Elephants collaborate in looking after their young.

象群相互协作照顾幼象。

In everyday English, people usually say they work together on something rather than collaborate on something: 在日常英语中，人们一般说work together on something，而不说collaborate on something

They are working together on some new songs.

他们在合作写一些新歌。

2 BETRAYto help a country that your country is fighting a war with, especially one that has taken control of your country 通敌，勾结敌人 → collaborator

collaborate with

Vigilantes began combing the city for anyone known to have collaborated with the enemy.

治安维持会成员开始在城里仔细搜索通敌分子。

Examples from the Corpus

collaborate• At issue is a coffee table book chronicling 24-hours in cyberspace on which Smolan and the Media Lab were to collaborate.• Those suspected of collaborating during the occupation were tried and shot• Children have choices in literary activities; they collaborate in pairs, in small groups, and with their teachers.• Educators and employers need to collaborate in preparing the next generation for employment and adulthood.• Second, there is the inclination of followers in some circumstances to collaborate in their own deception.• They're referring, of course, to his brother Edgar, with whom he has collaborated often in the past.• In other words the members would also begin to collaborate on foreign policy matters.• Researchers in Stanford and Princeton collaborated to manufacture a completely new waterproof textile.• How can employees and their managers collaborate to soften the inevitable collisions between work and those other roles?• Hewlett Packard collaborated with Nokia to produce the palmtop-telephone.• Fellini collaborated with Rossellini on the script of the film.• He was imprisoned in 1945 for collaborating with the enemy.• The importance of collaborating with the patient's general practitioner is emphasized.

collaborate in (doing) something• Joe sat down at his portable typewriter and pecked out the words as Wallace and Vincent collaborated in dictating the message.• The group also collaborate in offering food to the young still in the nest.• Children have choices in literary activities; they collaborate in pairs, in small groups, and with their teachers.• The police often collaborate in producing an expectancy effect.• It collaborates in prototype development and is testing a variety of gasifiers with its transport and planting fleets.• Second, there is the inclination of followers in some circumstances to collaborate in their own deception.• Rosenfeld and Saul Bellow used to collaborate in translating Eliot into Yiddish.• Insurance companies may collaborate in working out loss probabilities and this leads to uniformity in premium rates.

From Longman Business Dictionary

collaboratecol·lab·o·rate /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ verb [intransitiveI]

to work together with another person, company, or organization to achieve something

collaborate with

Firms are collaborating with other firms to spread rising research and development costs.

collaborate on

They will collaborate on a series of research projects.

Origin collaborate

(1800-1900) Late Latin past participle of collaborare, from Latin com- ( → COM-) + laborare “to work”

col·lab·o·rate verb →REGISTER1

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