con‧tri‧bu‧tion S2 W2 AC / kɒntrəbjuʃ ə n, kɒntrɪbjuʃ ə n $ kɑn- / 名词

1 [可数名词] something that you give or do in order to help something be successful

contribution to/towards

Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory.

The school sees its job as preparing students to make a contribution to society.

significant/substantial/valuable etc contribution

Wolko made outstanding contributions to children’s medicine.

2 [可数名词] an amount of money that you give in order to help pay for something :

a campaign contribution

contribution of

A contribution of £25 will buy 15 books.

contribution to/towards

Contributions to charities are tax deductible.

You can make annual contributions of up to $1,000 in education savings accounts.

3 [可数名词] a regular payment that you make to your employer or to the government to pay for things that you will receive when you are no longer working, for example health care, a pension etc :

income tax and national insurance contributions

contribution to

Have you been making regular contributions to a pension plan?

4 [可数名词] a piece of writing, a song, a speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc

contribution from

a magazine with contributions from well-known travel writers

a Christmas album featuring contributions from Carly Simon, Amy Grant, and others

5 [不可数名词] when you give money, time, help etc :

All the money has been raised by voluntary contribution.

COLLOCATIONS

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make a contribution I’d like everyone to make a contribution towards the discussion.

acknowledge/recognize sb’s contribution (= say that you are grateful for what someone has done ) He acknowledged the contribution of many individuals in developing the report.

value sb’s contribution (= think that someone’s contribution is important ) They didn’t seem to value my contribution.

形容词

a major/great contribution Tourism makes a major contribution to the local economy.

a positive contribution We want kids to grow up to make a positive contribution to society.

a huge contribution This player has made a huge contribution to our club.

a significant/important contribution All of you can make a significant contribution to the organization.

a useful/valuable contribution I joined the society because I felt I could make a useful contribution.

an invaluable/outstanding contribution (= extremely useful ) He won the award for his outstanding contribution over many years.

a vital contribution (= a very important one ) Volunteers make a vital contribution in this country.