单词	cooperative
释义	cooperative1 adjectivecooperative2 noun cooperativeco‧op‧e‧ra‧tive1 (also co-operative British English) /kəʊˈɒpərətɪv $ koʊˈɑːp-/ ●○○ AWL adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A cooperative waiter helped us to order from the huge menu. Car companies have started several cooperative ventures. Some of the students are highly cooperative and attentive, but unfortunately, most aren't. The suspect has been cooperative with investigators, but he shows little remorse. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Braitman and Ehrenzweig like having it where they live, and feel its cooperative, relaxed ambience is very San Francisco. Directors also strive to foster a cooperative spirit and friendly attitude among employees and a compassionate demeanor toward the families. Grice suggests that the maxims are in fact not arbitrary conventions, but rather describe rational means for conducting cooperative exchanges. Many heritage establishments will be cooperative provided the matter is discussed in advance. Needless to say, the band was run on cooperative lines with no one in particular leading. The Board had considered McFarlane to be a cooperative and credible witness. The nature of the task requires cooperative activity of a high order at various levels and between a wide range of people. The Queretaro cooperative project, I believe, was no exception. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwords for describing someone who is helpful► helpful · Thanks, Sam. You've been very helpful.· A helpful woman at the tourist office gave me some tips on places to visit. ► be a help if someone is a help , they make it easier for you to do something: · Thanks for looking after the children - you've really been a help.be a big/great/real help: · Jim was a big help getting the house ready for the party. ► cooperative also co-operative British someone who is cooperative helps someone who has asked them to help, by working together with them and not causing any problems: · Some of the students are highly cooperative and attentive, but unfortunately, most aren't.· The suspect has been cooperative with investigators, but he shows little remorse. ► obliging formal someone who is obliging is always ready to help and enjoys helping people, even people who are unreasonable or difficult: · The shop assistants were very obliging, and brought me at least fifteen pairs of shoes to try on. ► accommodating someone who is accommodating is willing to do what someone else wants, even if this is not the best thing for themselves, in order to help them or make them more comfortable: · He was very accommodating, always asking if I needed anything.· She's so nice and accommodating, I'm afraid people will take advantage of her. WORD SETS► Companies associated company, nounboardroom, nounBros., cartel, nounchain, nounCo., collective, nouncom, concern, nounconglomerate, nouncontractor, nounco-op, nouncooperative, adjectivecooperative, nounCorp., corporate, adjectivecorporation, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectiveempire, nounenterprise, nounexecutive, adjectiveexpand, verbexpansion, nounfail, verbgiant, noungroup, nounInc., incorporated, adjectiveindie, nounindustrial espionage, nounin-house, adjectiveinside, adverbinterest, nounjoint-stock company, nounlimited company, nounLtd, Messrs, multinational, adjectivemultinational, nounnewspaper, nounoutsourcing, nounparent company, nounpayroll, nounplc, nounpractice, nounprofit and loss account, nounproprietary, adjectivepty, public company, nounpublic corporation, nounpublic limited company, nounreceivership, nounregistered office, nounshipper, nounsubsidiary, nounsupplier, nountakeover, nountop-heavy, adjective Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a collaborative/cooperative effort formal (=with different people or groups working together)· This was a collaborative effort involving the three largest energy companies. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more · For the present, what is needed most is more cooperative work, and less competitive philosophising.· In announcing the victims fund, the banks expressed the hope that it would promote a more cooperative spirit in the negotiations.· Most horses will stand better for the farrier, and be more cooperative, if they are reassured and rewarded.· Employee Involvement is regarded as a long-term attempt to create a more cooperative relationship with employees.· The so-called Mond-Turner talks, leading to little in themselves, but symbolizing a more cooperative approach, became possible. ► very · The body is very cooperative in becoming more supple quite quickly if we practise stretching postures regularly. NOUN► effort · It was a cooperative effort between the two.· He did not need to say that he envisioned this as a cooperative effort.· We shall only succeed in dealing with the problems through a vast international cooperative effort.· Yet work organizations depend on shared power in win-win cooperative effort.· For this reason, trade unions might be active in cooperative efforts with management to achieve growth through greater efficiency. ► movement · Activities of the local cooperative movement were facilitated by a strong trading position.· Cooperation enters politics By the end of the nineteenth century an important cooperative movement was established in West Ham.· Friendly societies and the cooperative movement testified to the accommodation.· Founded in 1883, its relationship to the cooperative movement was from the start problematic.· However committed the cooperative movement was to political involvement, there remained a powerful independence, and this proved decisive. ► relationship · Cramlington is an example of an almost entirely cooperative relationship.· Only a handful seemed to appreciate the advantages in actively building trust, credibility, and cooperative relationships with peers.· One way concerns cooperative relationships between genes within species.· They would exacerbate the problems of unbalanced power that threaten any cooperative relationship.· Employee Involvement is regarded as a long-term attempt to create a more cooperative relationship with employees.· Fig trees and fig wasps share an intimate cooperative relationship. ► venture · Marriage teeters on the line between a cooperative venture and a form of mutual exploitation-ask any divorce lawyer. Word family WORD FAMILYnouncooperationcooperativeadjectivecooperative ≠ uncooperativeverbcooperateadverbcooperatively ≠ uncooperatively 1willing to cooperate SYN  helpful OPP  uncooperative:  He was doing his best to be cooperative. a cooperative witness2made, done, or operated by people working together:  a co-operative venture between the City Council and the police3a cooperative store, bank etc is operated by people working together as a cooperative:  a co-operative store in a provincial town—cooperatively adverb cooperative1 adjectivecooperative2 noun cooperativecooperative2 (also co-operative British English) noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a potato farm cooperative in Pennsylvania EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A pilot cooperative is working on fulfilling the preconditions for certification, such as the development of a management plan. As a cooperative we were very poor. But it reopened after a state judge ruled this month that the cooperative could do business under the tenets of Proposition 215. His buying cooperative dropped Shaw after the company announced it would get into the retail market. I also visited a cooperative of peasant farmers who grow sesame seed. The agro-industry maquila cooperative project was one attempt to provide rural industrial work for women. word sets WORD SETS► Companies associated company, nounboardroom, nounBros., cartel, nounchain, nounCo., collective, nouncom, concern, nounconglomerate, nouncontractor, nounco-op, nouncooperative, adjectivecooperative, nounCorp., corporate, adjectivecorporation, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectiveempire, nounenterprise, nounexecutive, adjectiveexpand, verbexpansion, nounfail, verbgiant, noungroup, nounInc., incorporated, adjectiveindie, nounindustrial espionage, nounin-house, adjectiveinside, adverbinterest, nounjoint-stock company, nounlimited company, nounLtd, Messrs, multinational, adjectivemultinational, nounnewspaper, nounoutsourcing, nounparent company, nounpayroll, nounplc, nounpractice, nounprofit and loss account, nounproprietary, adjectivepty, public company, nounpublic corporation, nounpublic limited company, nounreceivership, nounregistered office, nounshipper, nounsubsidiary, nounsupplier, nountakeover, nountop-heavy, adjective Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a collaborative/cooperative effort formal (=with different people or groups working together)· This was a collaborative effort involving the three largest energy companies. Word family WORD FAMILYnouncooperationcooperativeadjectivecooperative ≠ uncooperativeverbcooperateadverbcooperatively ≠ uncooperatively a business or organization owned equally by all the people working there SYN  co-op:  a women-only housing co-operative a workers’ co-operative
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