喜樂美語

Picture offering something — words, an act, a gift — to someone you admire, to say 'I see your worth and I honour you.' That act of giving to show respect sits under the whole word.

可以想成你拿出一樣東西——一句話、一個動作、一份禮物——專程獻給某個你敬佩的人，用來表達『我看見你的好，我向你致意』。這份『獻上以表敬意』的動作，是這個字底層的畫面。

From the word’s history

From Latin tributum 'a fixed payment', from tribuere 'to allot, pay'. It first meant money a weaker ruler paid a stronger one; the 'offering to show respect' sense arose in the 1580s — the core softened from 'handing something over in submission' to 'offering something in admiration'.

來自拉丁文 tributum『按份繳納的款項』，源自 tribuere『分配、繳付』。最早指弱國向強國繳的貢金；到了一五八〇年代才延伸出『表敬意的獻禮』。可以想成核心從『交出東西以示臣服』軟化成『獻上東西以示敬佩』。

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複數 tributes

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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

tributenoun/ˈtɹɪbjuːt/

  • 1

    An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.

    • Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
    • the passing tribute of a sigh
  • 2

    An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.

    • Did you catch the Up in Smoke tribute in that episode of That '70s Show?
  • 3

    A payment made by one nation to another in submission.

    • The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.
  • 4

    Extortion; protection money.

  • 5

    A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.

  • 6

    businessminingA certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.

    • The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable
    • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]

tributeverb/ˈtɹɪbjuːt/

  • 1

    To pay as tribute.

    • Amorous Trifler, that spendeth[…]his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • cum tribute

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