contribute con·trib·ute / kEn5trIbjut ; kEn5trIbju:t /verb 1.I,Tto give money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in捐献,捐助,捐赠: [+ to / towards ]
•City employees cannot contribute to political campaigns.市政府雇员不得捐助政治宣传活动。
contribute sth to / towards sth
•The volunteers contribute their own time to the project.志愿者把自己的时间花在这个计划上。
2.Ito help to make something happen促成,造成〔某事发生〕:
•Stress is a contributing factor in many illnesses.压力是许多疾病的致病因素。
[+ to ]
•Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths a year in the US.在美国,酒精每年造成 10 万人死亡。
contribute substantially / significantly / greatly etc to sth
•Enya's success has contributed substantially to the current interest in Celtic music.恩雅的成功极大地引发了时下人们对凯尔特音乐的兴趣。
3.I,Tto write articles, stories, poems etc for a newspaper or magazine〔给报纸、杂志〕撰稿; 投稿; ⇒contributor: [+ to ]
•one of several authors contributing to the book为本书撰稿的几名作者之一