cooperate

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co·op·e·rate (also co-operate British EnglishBrE) /kəʊˈɒpəreɪt $ koʊˈɑːp-/ AWL verb [intransitiveI]

1 TOGETHERto work with someone else to achieve something that you both want 合作，協作

cooperate in/on

The two universities are to cooperate in the development of a new industrial process.

這兩所大學將合作研發一個新的工業流程。

They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests.

他們同意和巴西合作進行一個保護熱帶雨林的項目。

cooperate with

Lions cooperate with each other when hunting game.

獅子在捕獵時相互配合。

As chairman I was anxious to co-operate with Mr Baker as far as possible.

作爲主席，我非常希望能夠盡可能多地與貝克先生合作。

The church seeks to cooperate closely with local schools.

教會尋求與當地學校緊密協作。

cooperate to do something

Both sides agreed to co-operate to prevent illegal fishing in the area.

雙方同意攜手防範該地區的非法捕魚活動。

2 HELPto do what someone wants you to do 配合

cooperate with

I advised my client to cooperate fully with the police.

我建議我的當事人要全力與警方配合。

If you refuse to co-operate, I’ll kill you.

如果你不肯配合的話，我就把你殺了。

Examples from the Corpus

cooperate• Such a power could, more than anything, prove to be the greatest single incentive to cooperate.• We'll be all right if the weather cooperates.• Hernandez and Brown said they anticipate that Congress will cooperate and grant the city Medicare and Medicaid waivers.• Then the members might agree to cooperate, and to join in punishing any member who defects.• The administration is willing to cooperate and work toward peace.• Finance ministers and central bankers agreed to cooperate closely to sustain the strength of the pound.• As Katherine remembers it, I was so thrilled with the compliment that I cooperated from then on.• Traditionally management has called upon workers to cooperate in increasing productivity.• Roman Catholics, however, emphasizing the role of free will, believe that humans can cooperate in their salvation through actions.• These three countries agreed to cooperate soon after the Second World War.• Aid agencies and UN forces are cooperating to get food supplies to the people who need them.• For safety they should cooperate when local authorities display signs, warning that the seashore is dangerous.• Torrez pleaded guilty last March and is cooperating with prosecutors.• The president said that Mexico would continue to cooperate with the US in the fight against drugs.

cooperate to do something• They're cooperating to achieve common goals.• He urged booksellers to cooperate to form a nationwide chain of ecumenical book outlets that would be well-funded and professionally run.• For some megapodes, two brothers cooperate to help a female build her mound.• Passengers cooperate to make the trains normal.• The two casts of characters, although ostensibly cooperating to solve a crime of mutual interest, detest each other.• Invitro, oncogenes cooperate to transform cells and render them tumorigenic.• Invitro ras and p53 mutants cooperate to transform primary rat cells into cells capable of lethal tumourigenesis.• Invitro certain combinations of oncogenes cooperate to transform primary rat cells.

cooperate fully• She cooperated fully in the project in a most commendable spirit of scientific interest.• We're prepared to cooperate fully with any security council inquiry.

Origin cooperate

(1500-1600) Late Latin past participle of cooperari, from Latin co- ( → CO-) + operari “to work”

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