Word · Frequency #15648
workmate
同事
核心释义
a person you work with; a coworker.
- 1.
一起工作的人；同事。
Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.
一起工作的人；同事。；共同工作者
用法In use
My workmate helped me finish the report before the deadline.
用法提示：workmate 作名词，表示‘同事’，在句中作主语。
I usually have lunch with my workmates in the company cafeteria.
用法提示：workmates 是 workmate 的复数形式，作介词 with 的宾语。
She invited a few workmates to her birthday party on Saturday.
用法提示：workmate 作名词，表示‘同事’，在句中作宾语。
be workmates with sb
英式英语常用这个结构，workmate 用复数形式表示“与某人是同事”。
She is workmates with my brother.
她和我哥哥是同事。
a workmate of mine
这是双重所有格，强调“我的同事之一”，比 my workmate 更自然。
A workmate of mine gave me this book.
我的一个同事送了我这本书。
become workmates
表示从非同事变成同事，常与时间或地点连用。
We became workmates in 2010.
我们2010年成了同事。
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子I met many workmate at the conference.正确表达I met many workmates at the conference.
workmate 是可数名词，many 后面需要用复数形式 workmates。中文名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏加 -s。
易错句子She is workmate of my brother.正确表达She is a workmate of my brother.
workmate 是单数可数名词，表示泛指或第一次提及时需要加不定冠词 a/an。中文没有冠词，所以容易遗漏。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- old workmate
- 老同事；以前的同事
- I ran into an old workmate at the supermarket.我在超市偶遇了一位老同事。
- close workmate
- 关系密切的同事
- She was my closest workmate at the company.她是我在公司里关系最亲密的同事。
- workmate of mine
- 我的一个同事
- A workmate of mine recommended this restaurant.我的一个同事推荐了这家餐厅。
- trusted workmate
- 值得信赖的同事
- He is a trusted workmate who always helps others.他是一位值得信赖、总是帮助别人的同事。
- become workmates
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
work（工作）+ mate（伙伴）——一起工作的伙伴，就是同事。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：英式英语日常对话、同事间闲聊 workmate 多用于英式英语的非正式口语，指一起工作的人；美式英语更常用 coworker，正式场合可考虑 colleague。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words end in -mate, pronounced /meɪt/, so they rhyme with workmate. Be careful with lookalikes such as workman (/ˈwɜːrkmən/), which shares work- but has a different sound and does not rhyme.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.