work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something (尤指在创造性劳动方面)合作;协作 he collaborated with a distinguished painter on the designs. 他和一位著名的画家合作设计了这些图样。 ■cooperate traitorously with an enemy 勾结;通敌 during the last war they collaborated with the Nazis. 他们在上次战争中和纳粹勾结。
派生 collaborator noun 语源
late 19th cent.: from Latin collaborat- 'worked with', from the verb collaborare, from col- 'together' + laborare 'to work'