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单词 contribute
释义
contribute
verb[IorT]
uk
/kənˈtrɪb.juːt//ˈkɒn.trɪ.bjuːt/us
/kənˈtrɪb.juːt/
B2
to give something,especiallymoney, inordertoprovideorachievesomething together with otherpeople:
贡献，奉献，捐献（尤指钱）
Aren't you going to contributetowardsJack'sleavingpresent?你不打算凑一份钱给杰克买送别礼物吗？
Come to themeetingif youfeelyou have something to contribute.要是你觉得有什么要讲的就来开会吧。
Herfamilyhas contributed $50,000tothefund.她家给这项基金捐了5万美元。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to give something to someone
  • giveGive me that dirty plate.
  • offerYour doctor should be able to offer advice.
  • provideThis booklet provides useful information about local services.
  • supplyThe lake supplies the whole town with water.
  • donateFour hundred dollars has been donated to the school book fund.
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C1
to writearticlesfor anewspaper,magazine, orbook:
（给报纸、杂志或书）投稿，撰稿
She contributestoseveralmagazines.她为好几家杂志撰稿。
More examples
  • Thecompanypubliclyapologizedandagreedto contribute somemoneytocharity.
  • It was arealteameffort- everyone contributed something to thesuccessof theproject.
  • Tourism contributes millions ofpoundsto the country'seconomy.
  • Everyone in theofficeis contributingmoneyfor hisleavingpresent.
  • We have contributed allourworkinglivestopensionschemesandnationalinsurance,expectingareasonablestatepensiononretirement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Giving, providing and supplying
  • accommodate
  • accord
  • administer
  • administration
  • assignment
  • award
  • dish
  • hand off
  • handsomethingin
  • handsomethingout
  • handsomethingover
  • handsomethinground
  • invest
  • passing
  • reassignment
  • rebid
  • regift
  • reprovision
  • resource
  • spare
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Phrasal verb

contribute tosomething
(Definition ofcontributefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

contribute| American Dictionary

contribute
verb[I/T]
us
/kənˈtrɪb·jut,-jət/
tohelpbyprovidingmoneyorsupport,esp. when otherpeopleorconditionsare alsohelping:
[I]Tourism contributessubstantiallyto thelocaleconomy.
If you contribute something youwroteorcreated, youallowit to bepublishedorshownwithpiecesby otherpeople:
[T]Shesoonbeganto contributearticlestonewspapersandmagazines.
(Definition ofcontributefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

contribute| Business English

contribute
verb
uk
/kənˈtrɪbjuːt,ˈkɒntrɪbjuːt/us
[I]
to be one of thereasonswhy somethinghappens:
contribute to/toward/towards sthAnalystsagreethatsubprimeloanscontributed to therecession.
[IorT]
toaddnewplansorideas, orhelpmakeimprovementsto something so that itbecomesmorevaluableorsuccessful:
Employees areencouragedto contribute atstaffmeetings.
There are anumberofpeoplewho have contributedideas.
contribute to/toward/towards sthIt'sbestwhenleadersareclearabout how they canbestcontribute to theoverallstrategy.
[IorT]
toprovidemoneyorsupporttohelpanotherperson,company, ororganizationtoachieveitsgoal:
contribute to/toward/towards sthAtpresent, only 10% ofemployerscontribute towardschildcarecosts.
contribute sth to/toward/towards sthOver £75 million was contributed to thecampaign.
(Definition ofcontributefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontribute

contribute
They might cite the case of baseball teams that know which of their players have contributed without having to know what they get paid.
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Most of the new players contributing to the growth in organic production must necessarily be conventional farmers converting to organics.
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Television contributes to this aural pollution by reducing every kind of music to the same level of a passing moment in the televisual flow.
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They conclude that self-management strategiescontributeto an increase in learners' self- and contextual knowledge which can assist in reducing anxiety.
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Indeed, the wish to avoid such veto power may bothcontributeto surplus coalitions and to grand coalitions between major parties.
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Actually, they appear to the electorate as responsible parties contributing to the governance of the country.
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Another resistance that contributes to the horizontal cell receptive field is the coupling resistance between cells.
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Only symptoms with significant impact on daily activities contributed as diagnostic criteria.
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Early vegetative symptoms, however, may alsocontributeto the high rates of depression seen later in the course of immune activation.
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Lower levels of empathy maycontributeto conflict in social interactions and thereby heighten levels of negative emotions experienced by some children.
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A maximum likelihood ratio test is used to determine which covariates are significantly different from zero and thereby contributing significantly to overall survivorship.
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The resulting variable provides an estimate of the extent to which an individual has contributed to the structural determination of the instrument-specific choices.
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This has produced conceptual confusion that has contributed to a lack of structural rigor in the field of study.
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For instance, lethals maycontributesubstantially to inbreeding depression.
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On the other hand, there is a substantial amount of phenotypic covariance, and genetic and shared environmental influencescontributesubstantially to this overlap.
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