tribute
英 ['tr?bju?t]
美['tr?bjut]
- n. 禮物；[稅收] 貢物；頌詞；（尤指對(duì)死者的）致敬，悼念，吊唁禮物
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?tributes;
中文詞源
tribute 貢品，貢金
來自拉丁語 tribuere,支付，分配，給予，部落間的財(cái)富分配或其它，來自 tribus,部落，詞源 同 tribe.引申詞義貢品，貢金等。
英文詞源
- tribute (n.)
- mid-14c., "stated sum of money or other valuable consideration paid by one ruler or country to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of peace or protection," from Anglo-French tribute, Old French tribut and directly from Latin tributum "tribute, a stated payment, a thing contributed or paid," noun use of neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere "to pay, assign, grant," also "allot among the tribes or to a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Sense of "offering, gift, token" is first recorded 1580s.
雙語例句
- 1. The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison.
- 那首歌是對(duì)羅伊·奧比森的致敬。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The award was a fitting tribute to her years of devoted work.
- 這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)是對(duì)她多年全心全意工作的恰如其分的褒獎(jiǎng)。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. At her funeral her oldest friend paid tribute to her life and work.
- 在葬禮上，她最早的朋友對(duì)她的一生和工作給予了高度的贊揚(yáng)。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. She accepted their tribute graciously.
- 她慈祥地接受了他們的致意.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. All rose and stood in silent tribute.
- 全體起立默哀.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》