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contribute

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🇺🇸 /kʌntɹˈɪbjut/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkɔnt͡ʃɹɪbjʉwt/
verb 编号: C03195 牛津3000 BNC #1483 COCA #1312
表示为某个更大的整体、项目或结果提供一部分东西或力量,常译为“贡献”“促成”。
💡 记忆钩子
想象把钱、时间、想法或努力放进一个共同目标的“大篮子”里:放进去的这一部分就是 contribute;因此它既可以表示贡献具体东西,也可以表示对某个结果有所促成。
📝 学习建议
  • 先记住“把一部分放进整体”的核心画面,再扩展到时间、想法和努力等对象;不要只把它理解成“捐钱”。
📖 中文释义
verb
  • core 为整体贡献一部分
    📖 把钱、时间、想法、劳动等一部分投入更大的项目、团体或共同目标中,使它成为整体的一部分,或帮助整体取得结果。
    💡 常用“contribute + 具体事物 + to + 项目或团体”,也可用“contribute to + 成功、变化等结果”。主语可以是人、团体或某项因素;表示促成结果时,后面通常不是具体接受者,而是某种结果或变化。
    ambitransitive
    Many residents contributed money to the neighborhood library.
    许多居民为社区图书馆捐了钱。
    Her careful research contributed to the team's success.
    她细致的研究促成了团队的成功。
contributes present,singular,third-person contributing participle,present contributed participle,past contributed past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 4 组
provide
同义词集: put up contribute
The city has to put up half the required amount
上位: pay
contribute to some cause
同义词集: contribute give chip in kick in
I gave at the office
上位: give 下位: combine
bestow a quality on; ; ;
同义词集: lend impart bestow contribute add bring
Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
The music added a lot to the play
She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings
This adds a light note to the program
上位: alter, change, modify 下位: factor, instill, transfuse
be conducive to
同义词集: contribute lead conduce
The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing
上位: advance, boost, encourage, further, promote
🌳 词源
来自拉丁语,原意与“聚到一起、合在一起”有关,后来发展出“为整体贡献一部分”的含义。
PIE word *tréyes From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“to bring together; to unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“to bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
🔄 变式
contributed past contributes present contributing present
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