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/kuhn-trib-yoot/US // kənˈtrɪb yut //UK // (kənˈtrɪbjuːt) //

贡献,做出贡献,捐献,贡献力量

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·trib·ut·ed, con·trib·ut·ing.

    • : to give to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
    • : to furnish for publication: to contribute stories to a magazine.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·trib·ut·ed, con·trib·ut·ing.

    • : to give to a common supply, fund, etc.: He contributes to many charities.
    • : to furnish written works, drawings, etc., for publication: Our thanks to those who contributed to our alumni newsletter.
    • : to be an important factor; help to cause something:A sudden downpour contributed to the traffic jam.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdonate, provide
Forms: contributed, contributes, contributing
verbbe partly responsible for
Forms: contributed, contributes, contributing

Examples

  • Previously, Tamar opened up about her hospitalization, saying that a career in reality television contributed greatly to her unhappiness.

  • Scott Clement and Alauna Safarpour contributed to this report.

  • Emily Guskin and Alauna Safarpour contributed to this report.

  • That statute contributed to problems during what was widely viewed as a troubled June primary.

  • He also contributes to the development of several other products.

  • “I did not contribute to him, he did not contribute to me,” Duke said.

  • That means that fewer and fewer everyday Americans are choosing to contribute to campaigns.

  • Nor do these studies address the structural and systematic issues that contribute to obesity, such as poverty and stress.

  • But as a lawyer, she uses law to contribute to their protection.

  • It was the fundraiser to end all fundraisers, and no one was even asked to do anything so vulgar as to contribute any cash.

  • This genius to superintend and be the head, while others contribute the hands, is not the most common of human endowments.

  • To this evil the darkness and steepness of the streets mainly contribute, by furnishing almost a certainty of escape.

  • Visitors to the church are given an opportunity to contribute to the fund—a common thing in such cases.

  • That we are consumers and non-producers—that we contribute nothing to the general progress of man.

  • Every woman seemed to have been fired with the ambition to contribute her own part to the brilliancy of the night.