tribute
英['trɪbjuːt]
美['trɪbjut]
- n. 礼物；[税收] 贡物；颂词；（尤指对死者的）致敬，悼念，吊唁礼物
词态变化
复数: tributes;
中文词源
tribute 贡品，贡金
来自拉丁语 tribuere,支付，分配，给予，部落间的财富分配或其它，来自 tribus,部落，词源 同 tribe.引申词义贡品，贡金等。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison.
- 那首歌是对罗伊·奥比森的致敬。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The award was a fitting tribute to her years of devoted work.
- 这个奖项是对她多年全心全意工作的恰如其分的褒奖。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. At her funeral her oldest friend paid tribute to her life and work.
- 在葬礼上，她最早的朋友对她的一生和工作给予了高度的赞扬。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. She accepted their tribute graciously.
- 她慈祥地接受了他们的致意.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. All rose and stood in silent tribute.
- 全体起立默哀.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》