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.