1GIVEsomeone who gives money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in 捐款人;捐助人;作出贡献的人
campaign contributors
竞选捐助人
contributor to
Dr Win was a major contributor to the research.
温博士是此项研究的主要贡献者。
2TCNWRITEsomeone who writes a story, song, speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc 撰稿人;投稿人
contributor to
a regular contributor to ‘Time’ magazine
《时代》杂志的定期投稿人
3formalCAUSE someone or something that helps to cause something to happen 导致某事的人[事];起作用的人[因素];促成者[因素]
contributor to
Cars are still one of the principal contributors to air pollution.
汽车仍是空气污染的主要因素之一。
Examples from the Corpus
contributor• Ten federalresearchers were listed as contributors, but seven of them quickly disavowed any connection with it.• The letter went to 800 of Durenberger's campaigncontributors.• Examinercontributor Bernard Gilbert is a writer and performer who acts carelessly in San Francisco.• There is no investedfund, only promises of how much future contributors will be prepared to pay.• Well over half of profit still came from overseas, and marinepaint and powdercoatings were narrowly the largest contributors.• The most obviouscontributor was indeed the organization.• Thank you to all our contributors for being so prompt with all your articles.
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤important, key, significant, valuable重要的貢獻者▸➤big, large貢獻很大的人▸➤leading, main, major, principal主要的捐獻者▸➤frequent, regular定期投稿人◇The core of regular contributors is essential to the magazine.有一群核心撰稿人定期投稿對這份雜誌極為重要。➤occasional偶爾投稿的人➤long-time (NAmE) 長期撰稿人◇She was a long-time contributor to Time Magazine.她是《時代週刊》的長期撰稿人。➤generous, wealthy慷慨的/富有的捐款者▸➤net(歐盟的)淨貢獻國◇net contributors to the economy(歐盟的)經濟淨貢獻國➤campaign (NAmE) 競選捐助者◇Politicians are often suspected of trying to appease campaign contributors from the oil industry.人們常常懷疑政客們會盡力滿足來自石油行業的競選捐助者的要求。➤corporate (especially NAmE) 捐助公司PREPOSITION➤contributor to造成⋯的因素◇Carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to the greenhouse effect.二氧化碳是導致溫室效應的最主要原因。