co-worker
I don't know anything about this, but I'm sure my colleague here can help you.这个我一点儿都不懂，但我相信这里的同事肯定能帮你。
We're having a small drinks party for one of our colleagues who's leaving next week.一个同事下周就要离开了，我们将给他开一个小型酒会。
Her work is highly esteemed by all her colleagues.她所有的同事对她的工作都十分推崇。
Please read this memo carefully and hand it on to your colleagues.请仔细阅读这一备忘录并（交给你的同事们）传阅。
His colleagues became suspicious when he did not appear at work, since he was always punctual.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Employees & colleagues
alum
alumna
alumnae
alumni
alumnus
compatriot
girl
goonda
hireling
homeworker
homeworking
nominee
office politics
office spouse
operative
oppo
payroll
peon
self-starter
workmate

colleague | American Dictionary

colleague
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkɑl·iɡ/
one of a group of people who work together:
He always got along well with his colleagues in the university.

colleague | Business English

colleague
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkɒliːɡ/us
WORKPLACE
a person that you work with:
He has a good working relationship with colleagues.

Examples of colleague

colleague
He cast his readers not as colleagues in an emerging philosophical community, but as remote, credit-giving consumers.
This was reinforced by the low priority given to public health work at all levels within the organization and by primary care team colleagues.
Trainees reported having to work hard to promote the role and to build effective working relationships with colleagues.
It is the task of his former students and colleagues to keep the discipline challenging.
Spreading a reproduction before students and colleagues always gains a response, usually verbal.
The book was completed and prepared for publication by some of his friends and colleagues.
For that to become a reality, each of us must be prepared to examine our own attitudes and actions as well as those of colleagues.
They can act in confidence if they know that they have the back-up and support of their colleagues and the patient's relatives.
Often it has been simply a gesture of tact towards the feelings, however bigoted, of others, whether friends, family or colleagues.
He challenged his younger colleagues to think more globally, to seek the simplest explanation, and above all, to do the right experiment.
These gifts not only endeared him to many friends and colleagues but made him a valued member of boards and committees.
He and his colleagues argue that life's events are encoded selectively depending on the current themes and goals of the self.
The network has enabled practitioners to gain research experience by working with more experienced colleagues.
The author, along with other research colleagues and representatives from the industry, carried out an in-depth analysis in relation to information management.
Working alone with a newly appointed colleague who is unfamiliar with equipment and techniques.
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Collocations withcolleague

colleague

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