核心畫面

Picture yourself putting your share into something many hands are building — money into a fund, an idea into a meeting, an article into a magazine. The word always points outward to the bigger thing your share goes into, which is why it lives with the preposition to.

可以想成:一件事是很多人一起在做的,你把自己的那一份放進去——錢放進基金、想法放進會議、文章放進雜誌。這個字的眼睛永更多收起可以想成:一件事是很多人一起在做的,你把自己的那一份放進去——錢放進基金、想法放進會議、文章放進雜誌。這個字的眼睛永遠看著「你放進去的那個更大的東西」,所以後面幾乎都跟著 to:contribute to the project、contribute to the discussion。

From the picture

成為原因之一

把「投進去的東西」從資源換成原因:一個結果是好幾件事共同造成的,你談的這件事就是丟進去的其中一份力量,而不是唯一的兇手。

be a contributing cause · verb · B2

To be one of the causes that help something happen.

促成

Also in this word

contribute; give · verb · B2

To give money, help, or ideas to something that many other people are also part of.

貢獻/捐

write for a publication · verb · B2

To supply a newspaper, magazine, or book with an article, story, or poem you write.

投稿

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

contributeverb/kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/

  • 1

    To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

    • to contribute money to a church fund
    • to contribute articles to a journal

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。