英式发音:[kən'trɪbjuːt;'kɒntrɪbjuːt] or [kən'trɪbjut]
美式发音
(verb.) contribute to some cause; 'I gave at the office'.
(verb.) be conducive to; 'The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing'.
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双语例句
It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Mrs. Bute could not disguise from herself the fact that none of her party could so contribute to the pleasures of the town-bred lady. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Two different causes contribute to recommend them. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
But countries which contribute neither revenue nor military force towards the support of the empire, cannot be considered as provinces. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The French contribute the only known features that are credited to foreign inventors. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
If you refuse to contribute to my happiness, I quit England to-night, and will never set foot in it again. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
To be so caught did not contribute to soothe him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
The German government paid $1,250,000 into the Zeppelin fund for experiments, and contributed a large sum in addition to the maintenance of a balloon corps. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The feature of importance in the cannon which contributed most to its efficiency was the rifling of the bore with spiral grooves. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Have those public endowments contributed in general, to promote the end of their institution? 亚当·斯密.国富论.
That of England contributed as little towards effectuating the establishment of some of its most important colonies in North America. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Br ashear, who contributed valuable information in reference to the activities of Samuel Pierpont Langley. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Many different causes contributed to relax the discipline of the Roman armies. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Have they contributed to encourage the diligence, and to improve the abilities, of the teachers? 亚当·斯密.国富论.
But whether he should succeed in that mode of contributing to the majority on the right side was very doubtful to him. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Believe me, I have no pleasure in the world superior to that of contributing to yours. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
Is this not a contributing factor to the futility and opacity of our political thinking? 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
I feel an ambition to arise in me of contributing to the instruction of mankind, and of acquiring a name by my inventions and discoveries. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
Even upon this very moderate supposition, the great body of the people, over and above contributing the tax which pays the bounty of 5s. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The nurse's wages were good, and she might succeed, by strict economy, in contributing her small share towards the sum required in two years' time. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Agai n, so far were they from contributing to the development of m edicine that they had no physicians for the six hundred years preceding the coming of Greek science. 李贝.西洋科学史.
The decorum or indecorum of a quality, with regard to the age, or character, or station, contributes also to its praise or blame. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
Thus in aiming at the increase of his own private pleasurable states of consciousness, he contributes to the consciousness of others. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
The peerage contributes more four-wheeled affliction than has ever been seen in that neighbourhood. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
This evil is totally different from the first: in one case divorce contributes to prostitution, in the other, prostitution leads to divorce. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
Whatever contributes to lessen these privations, if at little cost, should merit special attention. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
This buttermilk contributes somewhat to the flavor, but at the same time furnishes a ferment which ultimately spoils the butter by making it rancid. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
The oil, which is extracted from the liver, is of great medicinal value, and contributes considerably to the high economic value of the cod. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.