| 单词 | colleague |
| 释义 | colleague (once / 215 pages) n A colleague is someone you work with at your job. When you are a teacher, the other teachers are your colleagues. When you work as a cashier at 7-11, the guy at the deli counter is your colleague as well. Your colleagues are usually people at the same level or rank as you are. You would not usually consider your boss to be a colleague. This noun is from French collègue, from Latin collega "a person chosen along with another," from the prefix com- "with" plus legare "to appoint as a deputy." WORD FAMILYcolleague: colleagues USAGE EXAMPLESBut the interrogators hit back, telling the activist his friends and colleagues were turning against him. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) He and his colleagues counted daily growth markers in the teeth, calculating that tooth growth accounted for about 40 percent of incubation time. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Best of all, Mr. Latimer is working with many of his old Apple colleagues. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an associate that one works with Syn|Hyper co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow associate a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor 2n a person who is member of one's class or profession the surgeon consulted his colleagues Syn|Hyper confrere, fellow associate a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor |
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