tribute
英['tr?bju?t]
美['tr?bjut]
- n. 禮物；[稅收] 貢物；頌詞；（尤指對死者的）致敬，悼念，吊唁禮物
詞態變化
復數:?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.
- 這個獎項是對她多年全心全意工作的恰如其分的褒獎。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. At her funeral her oldest friend paid tribute to her life and work.
- 在葬禮上，她最早的朋友對她的一生和工作給予了高度的贊揚。
來自《權威詞典》
- 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《現代漢英綜合大詞典》