Contribute
[kən'trɪbjuːt;'kɒntrɪbjuːt] or [kən'trɪbjut]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) contribute to some cause; 'I gave at the office'.
(verb.) be conducive to; 'The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing'.
杰奎琳編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor.
(v. i.) To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect.
(v. i.) To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to assist.
卡拉校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Give (in common with others), grant or bestow (as a share), DONATE.
v. n. Conduce, minister, conspire, co-operate, concur, bear a part, be helpful.
編輯:玛杰里
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Conduce, add, subscribe, give, co-operate, assist, tend, supply
ANT:Refuse, withhold, misconduct, misapply, contravene
手打:莫林
解釋/意思:
v.t. to give along with others: to give for a common purpose: to furnish an article to a newspaper &c.: to pay a share.—v.i. to give or bear a part.—adj. Contrib′utary paying a share contributable subject to contribution.—n. Contribū′tion a collection: a levy or charge imposed upon a people: anything furnished to a common stock: a written composition supplied to a jointly written book newspaper &c.—adjs. Contrib′utive Contrib′utory giving a share: helping.—n. Contrib′utor.
伊丽莎白編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Mrs. Bute could not disguise from herself the fact that none of her party could so contribute to the pleasures of the town-bred lady. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Two different causes contribute to recommend them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But countries which contribute neither revenue nor military force towards the support of the empire, cannot be considered as provinces. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The French contribute the only known features that are credited to foreign inventors. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- If you refuse to contribute to my happiness, I quit England to-night, and will never set foot in it again. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- To be so caught did not contribute to soothe him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The German government paid $1,250,000 into the Zeppelin fund for experiments, and contributed a large sum in addition to the maintenance of a balloon corps. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The feature of importance in the cannon which contributed most to its efficiency was the rifling of the bore with spiral grooves. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Have those public endowments contributed in general, to promote the end of their institution? 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- That of England contributed as little towards effectuating the establishment of some of its most important colonies in North America. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Br ashear, who contributed valuable information in reference to the activities of Samuel Pierpont Langley. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Many different causes contributed to relax the discipline of the Roman armies. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Have they contributed to encourage the diligence, and to improve the abilities, of the teachers? 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- But whether he should succeed in that mode of contributing to the majority on the right side was very doubtful to him. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Believe me, I have no pleasure in the world superior to that of contributing to yours. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Is this not a contributing factor to the futility and opacity of our political thinking? 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I feel an ambition to arise in me of contributing to the instruction of mankind, and of acquiring a name by my inventions and discoveries. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Even upon this very moderate supposition, the great body of the people, over and above contributing the tax which pays the bounty of 5s. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The nurse's wages were good, and she might succeed, by strict economy, in contributing her small share towards the sum required in two years' time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Agai n, so far were they from contributing to the development of m edicine that they had no physicians for the six hundred years preceding the coming of Greek science. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The decorum or indecorum of a quality, with regard to the age, or character, or station, contributes also to its praise or blame. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Thus in aiming at the increase of his own private pleasurable states of consciousness, he contributes to the consciousness of others. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The peerage contributes more four-wheeled affliction than has ever been seen in that neighbourhood. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- This evil is totally different from the first: in one case divorce contributes to prostitution, in the other, prostitution leads to divorce. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Whatever contributes to lessen these privations, if at little cost, should merit special attention. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- This buttermilk contributes somewhat to the flavor, but at the same time furnishes a ferment which ultimately spoils the butter by making it rancid. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The oil, which is extracted from the liver, is of great medicinal value, and contributes considerably to the high economic value of the cod. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
整理:纳特