contributes

英 [kənˈtrɪbjuːts]

美 [kənˈtrɪbjuːts]

v.  捐献，捐赠(尤指款或物); 捐助; 是…的原因之一; 增加; 增进; 添加(到某物)
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柯林斯词典

• VERB (为…)做贡献
  If youcontribute tosomething, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
  1. The three sons also contribute to the family business...
     这3个儿子也为家族事业做出了贡献。
  2. I believe that each of us can contribute to the future of the world...
     我相信我们每一个人都能够对世界的未来有所贡献。
  3. He believes he has something to contribute to a discussion concerning the uprising.
     他认为自己能够为有关起义的讨论提供一些信息。
• VERB 捐献;捐助;援助
  Tocontributemoney or resourcestosomething means to give money or resources to help pay for something or to help achieve a particular purpose.
  1. The US is contributing $4 billion in loans, credits and grants...
     美国将提供40亿美元的信贷和赠款。
  2. They say they would like to contribute more to charity, but money is tight this year...
     他们说他们很想捐献更多的钱支持慈善事业，但是今年的钱非常紧张。
  3. NATO officials agreed to contribute troops and equipment to such an operation if the UN Security Council asked for it.
     北约官员同意可在联合国安理会要求的情况下派出部队并提供装备参加这样的军事行动。
• VERB 促成;促使；是导致…的原因之一
  If somethingcontributes toan event or situation, it is one of the causes of it.
  1. The report says design faults in both the vessels contributed to the tragedy...
     报告说两艘船存在的设计缺陷也促成了这场悲剧的发生。
  2. Stress, both human and mechanical, may also be a contributing factor.
     来自人的和机械方面的压力可能也是一个因素。
• VERB (为报刊、书籍等)撰稿
  If youcontribute toa magazine, newspaper, or book, you write things that are published in it.
  1. I was asked to contribute to a newspaper article making predictions for the new year...
     我受邀为报纸撰写一篇文章，对新的一年进行预测。
  2. Frank Deford is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.
     弗兰克·德福特是杂志《名利场》的特约编辑。

双语例句

• Cultural development contributes to the() of a country as a modern,(), and() society.
  文化发展展示了一个现代、（充满活力）和（展望未来）的社会。
• She regularly contributes to the college magazine.
  她定期给校刊投稿。
• Tourism contributes millions of pounds to the country's economy.
  旅游业为该国的经济增添了数以百万计的英镑。
• Every member contributes to the rap, singing either solo or as part of a rap chorus.
  每个成员都参与到说唱中来，或者独唱，或者表演说唱乐中的和声部分。
• Another example of economic behaviour that may have deep evolutionary roots is the "herd" mentality that contributes to financial bubbles.
  经济行为的另一个具有深厚进化论根基的例子，就是引起金融泡沫的“羊群效应”。
• This contributes towards strengthening the overall system security by declining the stated risk.
  这种方法通过降低风险增强了系统的总体安全性。
• Regional pilot health reform project contributes to decrease in infant mortality, increase in life expectancy.
  区域卫生改革试点项目为降低婴儿死亡率、增加人口预期寿命作出了贡献。
• Ultimately, this contributes to increased maintainability and quality of service and helps avoid re-composing this service.
  这将最终帮助提高可维护性和服务质量，并帮助避免重新组合此服务。
• However, human studies have yielded conflicting results as to whether the drug itself contributes to these problems.
  然而，关于是否药物本身导致了这些问题而进行的人体研究却产生了矛盾的结果。
• This research contributes to the study of ethanol-water cluster structures and their physical and chemical characteristics.
  上述结果可为进一步研究乙醇-水溶液中团簇分子的结构及其物理和化学性质提供理论和实验依据。