con‧trib‧ute S3 W2 AC / kəntrɪbjut / 动词

1 [不及物和及物动词] to give money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in

contribute to/towards

City employees cannot contribute to political campaigns.

contribute something to/towards something

The volunteers contribute their own time to the project.

2 [不及物动词] to help to make something happen → contributory :

Stress is a contributing factor in many illnesses.

contribute to

Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths a year in the US.

contribute substantially/significantly/greatly etc to something

Enya’s success has contributed substantially to the current interest in Celtic music.

3 [不及物和及物动词] to write articles, stories, poems etc for a newspaper or magazine → contributor

contribute to

one of several authors contributing to the book