核心畫面

Picture a common pot that several people are filling. Your contribution is the piece you put in — money, work, an idea, a chapter — and once it is in, it stops being just yours and becomes part of something bigger that no single person made alone.

可以想成:一個大家一起裝的共同的鍋,你放進去的那一份就是 contribution。放進去的可以是錢、力氣、想法、一更多收起可以想成:一個大家一起裝的共同的鍋,你放進去的那一份就是 contribution。放進去的可以是錢、力氣、想法、一篇文章;一旦放進去,它就不再只是你的東西,而變成一個沒有人能單獨完成的成果的一部分。整個字的重點都在「我那一份」和「共同的成果」這兩件事的關係上。

From the picture

你出的那一份錢

共同的鍋裡最具體的一種內容物就是錢。當你放進去的那一份是金錢時,同一個字就變成「捐款」或「提撥金」。

donation · noun · B2

Money you give to help pay for something, often along with other people.

捐款

你交出的那一篇作品

當共同的成果是一本雜誌、一張專輯或一場展覽時,你放進去的那一份就是一篇稿子、一首曲子或一件作品。

submitted piece · noun · B2

A piece of writing, music, or art that becomes part of a bigger work like a magazine or album.

稿件/作品

Also in this word

help toward success · noun · B2

Something you give or do to help make something successful.

貢獻

giving of help · noun · B2

The act of giving money, time, or help.

出力/捐助

原始詞典資料4 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。

contributionnoun/ˌkɒntɹɪˈbjuːʃən/

  • 1

    Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.

    • Whether we believe in the power of our daily rituals or hold a powerful world-shifting viewpoint, acknowledging and respecting the perspectives of others is the tool that fuels the depth, value, and meaning of our contribution to and relationships with them.
    • North Korea had not publicly confirmed its contribution until Monday, when it said: “The operations for liberating the Kursk area to repel the adventurous invasion of the Russian Federation by the Ukrainian authorities were victoriously concluded,” according to state-run news agency KCNA.
  • 2

    An amount of money given toward something.

    • He made a contribution of $100 for the victims of the flood.
  • 3

    The act of contributing.

  • 4

    The taking part, often with the idea that it has led to (scientific etc.) progress.

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