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美音:[´kɔntrəb´ju:ʃən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.捐献,贡献,投稿

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tribut=to pay(付),to bestow(赠与)

contribution


/,kɒntrɪ'bju:ʃn; ,kɑntrə`bjuʃən/
n ~ (to/towards sth)
(a) [U] action of contributing 捐款; 捐助; 贡献; 促成; 投稿
*the contribution of money to charity 慈善捐款.
(b) [C] thing contributed 捐赠物; 稿件
*a small contribution (ie of money) to the collection 少量捐款
* The editor is short of contributions (ie articles) for the May issue. 编辑缺少五月号刊物用的稿件.
* (fig 比喻) The signing of such a treaty would be a major contribution towards (ie would help greatly to bring about) world peace. 签订这样一项条约, 是对世界和平的重大贡献.

contribution


n
[C]
something that you give or do in order to help something be successful
contribution to/towards
 Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory.
 The school sees its job as preparing students to make a contribution to society.
significant/substantial/valuable etc contribution
 Wolko made outstanding contributions to children's medicine.
[C]
an amount of money that you give in order to help pay for something
 a campaign contribution
contribution of
 A contribution of £25 will buy 15 books.
contribution to/towards
 Contributions to charities are tax deductible.
 You can make annual contributions of up to $1000 in education savings accounts.
[C]
a regular payment that you make to your employer or to the government to pay for things that you will receive when you are no longer working, for example health care, a pension etc
 income tax and national insurance contributions
contribution to
 Have you been making regular contributions to a pension plan?
[C]
a piece of writing, a song, a speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc
contribution from
 a magazine with contributions from well-known travel writers
 a Christmas album featuring contributions from Carly Simon, Amy Grant, and others
[U]
when you give money, time, help etc
 All the money has been raised by voluntary contribution.
1. We made a contribution to the disaster area.
    我们捐助灾区。

2. What is the most valuable contribution employees make to their companies, knowledge or judgment?
    员工对公司最有价值的贡献是什么,是知识还是判断力?

3. New technology has also made its own contribution to noise.
    新技术也为噪音作了它的贡献。

4. In Britain, Calder Hall on the coast of Cumberland first made its contribution to the National Electricity grid in 1957.
    在英国, 卡姆柏兰海岸上的考尔德豪尔电站在1957年首次为国家电网做出了贡献.

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