coordinate
verb🔊/kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪt/
🔊/kəʊˈɔːrdɪneɪt/
(British English also co-ordinate)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they coordinate | 🔊/kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪt/ 🔊/kəʊˈɔːrdɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it coordinates | 🔊/kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪts/ 🔊/kəʊˈɔːrdɪneɪts/ |
| past simple coordinated | 🔊/kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/kəʊˈɔːrdɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle coordinated | 🔊/kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊/kəʊˈɔːrdɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form coordinating | 🔊/kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/kəʊˈɔːrdɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive]
to organize the different parts of an activity and the people involved in it so that it works well 使协调；使相配合 - coordinate something
They appointed a new manager to coordinate the work of the team. 为协调这个队的工作，他们任用了一位新经理。 🔊🔊 We need to develop a coordinated approach to the problem. 我们需要制订一个协调一致的方式来解决这个问题。 🔊🔊 a carefully coordinated policy 经过周密协调的政策 - coordinate something with something
We try to coordinate our activities with those of other groups. 我们尽力协调我们组与其他组的活动。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- highly
- …
- with
- coordinate something
- [transitive] coordinate something
to make the different parts of your body work well together 使（身体各部位）动作协调；协同动作 the part of the brain that coordinates body movements 协调身体运动的大脑部分
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- highly
- …
- with
- [intransitive, transitive] coordinate (something) (with something) (rather formal)
if you coordinate clothes, furniture, etc. or if they coordinate, they look nice together （使衣服、家具等）搭配，协调 This shade coordinates with a wide range of other colours. 这种深浅的颜色可与很多颜色搭配。 🔊🔊 The company has extended its coordinated clothing range. 该公司拓展了其服装产品的搭配系列。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- highly
- …
- with
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the senses ‘of the same rank’ and ‘place in the same rank’): from co- ‘together’ + Latin ordinare (from ordo ‘order’), on the pattern of subordinate.