英语词汇“contribute”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

contributecontribute /kənˈtrɪbyut, -yət/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb

ETYMOLOGYcontribute

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of contribuere

VERB TABLE

contribute

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	contribute
	he, she, it	contributes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	contributed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have contributed
	he, she, it	has contributed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had contributed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will contribute
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have contributed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am contributing
	he, she, it	is contributing
	you, we, they	are contributing
Past	I, he, she, it	was contributing
	you, we, they	were contributing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been contributing
	he, she, it	has been contributing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been contributing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be contributing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been contributing

1[intransitive, transitive] to give money, help, ideas, etc. to something that a lot of other people are also involved in: You can contribute by donating goods to sell.contribute something to/toward something Three businessmen each contributed $100,000 to the fund.contribute to Japan contributed to the cost of the research.2contribute to something to be one of the causes or features of something: Alcohol contributes to over 100,000 deaths a year in America.3[intransitive, transitive] to write articles, stories, poems, etc. for a newspaper or magazine: Several hundred people contributed articles, photographs, and cartoons.4[intransitive, transitive] to say something or express an idea or opinion during a conversation, meeting, etc.: Does anyone else have anything to contribute?contribute (something) to something Many important writers have contributed to this debate. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of contribuere]