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contribute to sth
Hard work contributed to her success.
努力工作为她的成功做出了贡献。
贡献；提供
contributes — third person singular of contribute
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贡献；提供
To give something that becomes part of a larger whole
Hard work contributed to her success.
努力工作为她的成功做出了贡献。
给予某物,使其成为更大整体的一部分。
To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
contribute
Base
原形
contributes
3rd person
第三人称单数
contributing
-ing
现在分词
contributed
Past
过去式
contributed
Past participle
过去分词
I contribute to the project.
我为这个项目做贡献。
She contributed many ideas.
她贡献了许多想法。
They have contributed time.
他们已经贡献了时间。
规则动词
She decided to contribute her time to the local animal shelter.
她决定贡献她的时间给当地的动物收容所。
Many people contribute money to charity every year.
每年有很多人向慈善机构捐款。
Each team member was asked to contribute ideas for the project.
每个团队成员都被要求为项目贡献想法。
Hard work contributed to her success.
努力工作为她的成功做出了贡献。
She contributed a large sum of money.
她捐助了一大笔钱。
He contributed his expertise to the project.
他把自己的专业知识贡献给了这个项目。
Not this
He contributed for the project.
Use this
He contributed to the project.
动词 contribute 后应接介词 to，而非 for。
Not this
She contributed to improve the system.
Use this
She contributed to improving the system.
contribute to 后接动名词或名词，不应直接接动词原形。
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有助于；为…做贡献
Regular exercise contributes to good health.
经常锻炼有助于健康。
捐款
Many people contributed money to the disaster relief fund.
许多人向救灾基金捐了款。
出主意；贡献想法
Everyone was encouraged to contribute ideas during the meeting.
会议期间，每个人都被鼓励贡献想法。
为社会做贡献
Volunteering is a great way to contribute to society.
志愿服务是为社会做贡献的好方法。
做出重大贡献
Her research contributed substantially to the field of medicine.
她的研究对医学领域做出了重大贡献。
促成，有助于
Stress can contribute to many health problems.
压力可能导致许多健康问题。
尽自己的一份力
Everyone should contribute their share to the project.
每个人都应为项目尽自己的一份力。
为事业出力
Many volunteers contributed to the cause of environmental protection.
许多志愿者为环境保护事业出力。
Use contributes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象“con”（一起）和“tribute”（贡品），大家共同贡献。
语域：neutral 常见场景：charity donations、community projects、fundraising events 这个意义常用于捐款、贡献时间或资源，在正式和非正式场合都可以使用。
Words ending in -tribute share the same /-trɪbjuːt/ sound, but note stress: 'contribute', 'distribute', 'attribute' (verb) have second-syllable stress, while 'tribute' has first-syllable stress.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.