cooperative

協力的な

人の話を聞き、助け、他の人と協力して働こうとする。

やさしい英語で： Willing to listen, help, and work well with other people.

• The staff were very cooperative.
• She remained cooperative during the interview.
• Are the children cooperative with their new teacher?

使い方： cooperative with someone (He was cooperative with the police.)

類義語： helpful, willing, accommodating

反対語： uncooperative

よく使う表現： cooperative staff, be cooperative, cooperative with someone

共同の、協力的な

複数の人や団体が、目的を達成するために協力して行う。

やさしい英語で： Involving several people or groups working together to achieve something.

• It was a cooperative effort.
• The schools started a cooperative research project.
• Cooperative games encourage children to help each other.

類義語： joint, collaborative

よく使う表現： cooperative effort, cooperative project, cooperative learning, cooperative game

協同組合

従業員や利用者などが共同で所有し、運営する事業体。

やさしい英語で： A business owned and run by its workers, customers, or the people who use it.

• The shop is a cooperative.
• Farmers formed a cooperative to sell their milk.
• Members of the housing cooperative share repair costs.

類義語： co-op

よく使う表現： housing cooperative, farmers’ cooperative, join a cooperative