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contributory

/kuhn-trib-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // kənˈtrɪb yəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (kənˈtrɪbjʊtərɪ, -trɪ) //

缴费,贡献,贡献者,缴费型

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or of the nature of contribution; contributing.
    • : furnishing something toward a result: a contributory factor.
    • : of, relating to, or constituting an insurance or pension plan the premiums of which are paid partly by an employer and partly by employees.
    • : subject to contribution or levy.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·trib·u·to·ries.

    • : a person or thing that contributes.

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Examples

  • Every October, the country largely ignores Filipino American History Month, which is a shame, given the enormous, contributory role Filipino Americans have played in shaping the American experience for everyone.

  • He contracted Hepatitis C from drug use, which was a contributory factor in his death.

  • He was a strong athletic young man, in spite of his long hair—or might that have been, as in Samson's case, a contributory cause?

  • Another contributory source to this oddest freak of my life was the terms on which I had returned to the college.

  • The expression “contributory place” means a place other than a parish chargeable with special expenses.

  • But we may well consider these reconstructions as contributory essays and experiments in the general constructive effort.

  • This warfare finds contributory causes in tribal migrations.