• vt. 貢獻，出力；投稿；捐獻
• vi. 貢獻，出力；投稿；捐獻
• [ 過去式 contributed 過去分詞 contributed 現在分詞 contributing ]

con-, 強調。-trib, 貢獻，詞源同tribe, attribute.

contribute

contribute: see tribe

contribute (v.)

1520s, from Latin contributus, past participle of contribuere "to bring together, add, unite, collect, contribute" (see contribution). Figurative sense is from 1630s. Related: Contributed; contributing.

1. Heat, cold, tactile and other sensations contribute to flavour.

熱、冷、觸覺和其他感覺構成了食物風味的一部分。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The lower strings contribute a splendid richness of sonority.

下弦能夠產生雄壯渾厚的音響效果。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Key burbled about the wonderful people who contribute to tourism.

基喋喋不休地談論著那些對旅游業作出貢獻的了不起的人物。

來自柯林斯例句

4. You need not feel obliged to contribute.

你不必覺得非捐款不可。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Each will contribute 20 yuan.

每人攤20元錢.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》