col-, 强调。-leag, 收集，选出，词源同elect, college.字面意思即选到一起的人。

1. He was fired from his job after roughing up a colleague.

他因为对一位同事动粗而被开除了。

2. He had been invited to sup with a colleague and his wife.

他已经受邀和一位同事及其夫人共进晚餐。

3. I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.

我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。

4. A jealous colleague could spread scandalous gossip about you.

一个心怀嫉妒的同事可能会散播有关你的丑闻谣言。

5. A colleague urged him to see a psychiatrist, but Faulkner refused.

一位同事竭力劝福克纳去看精神病医生，但他拒绝了。