tribute

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trib·ute /ˈtrɪbjuːt/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1 PRAISEsomething that you say, do, or give in order to express your respect or admiration for someone 〔向某人表示敬慕的〕致敬（行为）；颂词；礼品

The players wore black armbands as a tribute to their late teammate.

球员们戴着黑纱悼念已故的队友。

I’d like to pay tribute to (=praise and admire publicly) the party workers for all their hard work.

我谨向党内工作人员致敬，感谢他们的辛苦努力。

2 be a tribute to somebody/something SHOW/BE A SIGN OFto be a clear sign of the good qualities that someone or something has 是某人/某物优良品质的标志[证明]

It was a tribute to her teaching methods that so many children passed the test.

这么多孩子通过测验，这证明了她的教学方法很有效。

Examples from the Corpus

be a tribute to somebody/something• Her home is a tribute to Rococo-era decor.• Her 1,400-room home is a tribute to Rococo-era decor.• It is a tribute to the hard work of soft ware professionals that large-scale disruption was avoided.• The movie is a tribute to how consistently funny the Muppets have remained over the past 27 years.• The whole series is a tribute to Shakespeare's dramatic imagination, but it does not inspire affection.• That both can find space at Sitges is tribute to this perversely funky festival.• Their teamwork is a tribute to them both.• All day Monday there were tributes to her on radio and television.

3. PETa payment of goods or money by one ruler or country to another more powerful one, especially in order to be protected 〔一国向强国交付的〕贡品，贡赋，贡金

4. floral tribute British EnglishBrE flowers sent to a funeral 葬礼献花

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floral tribute• And perhaps, as the spring draws on, there will be more floral tributes.• Among the scores of floral tributes were those from her schoolfriends.• Among the floral tributes was one from Everton football club.

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tribute• That spool has a limited but steady sale to academics - a tribute to all the knowledge you had packed away.• In tribute, Clinton Thursday ordered all Arleigh Burke class destroyers to steam at noon for five minutes at 31 knots.• I pay tribute to him for his support for the Peace Train.• I pay tribute to the work of the churches in my borough and other inner-London boroughs on this issue.• Oag pays tribute to Yoyo Nakajima, senior trade advisor in Glasgow.

pay tribute to• Friends of the actor paid tribute to his talent and expressed shock as news of his death became public.• It is the day when everyone should be paying tribute to those who fought and died for their country.• Dianne Feinstein of California, paying tribute to her husband when he retired from the Senate earlier this year.• Let me here pay tribute to the millions who are champions of democracy.• I pay tribute to the work of the churches in my borough and other inner-London boroughs on this issue.• Mr Benn is a thoroughly charming man, and I was pleased to pay tribute to him when I got up to speak.• John Motum, presenting the trophy, paid tribute to the players and coaches.• As well as his family, dozens of students were there to hear the college's vicar pay tribute to their friend.• The event will pay tribute to the late trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

Origin tribute

(1300-1400) Latin tributum, from tribuere “to give out to the tribes, pay”, from tribus; → TRIBE

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