及物动词提倡; 鼓吹; 拥护; 为…辩护

名词提倡者; （辩护）律师; 支持者

名词贡献，捐赠，捐助; 捐赠，捐助物; 投稿，来稿; [军]（向占领地人民征收的）军税

1. 贡献
If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.

e.g. American economists have made important contributions to the field of financial and corporate economics...
美国的经济学家们在金融和企业经济学领域做出了重要的贡献。
e.g. He was awarded a prize for his contribution to world peace.
他由于为世界和平做出贡献而获奖。

2. 捐款;捐资
A contribution is a sum of money that you give in order to help pay for something.

e.g. This list ranked companies that make charitable contributions of a half million dollars or more.
这张名单列出了慈善捐款额达50万美元以上的公司。

3. 稿件;投稿
A contribution to a magazine, newspaper, or book is something that you write to be published in it.

名词倾向，趋势; （话或作品等的）旨趣，意向; 性情; 癖好

1. (令人焦虑或不快的)习惯，经常性行为，倾向
A tendency is a worrying or unpleasant habit or action that keeps occurring.

e.g. The army has become increasingly restless over the mounting separatist tendencies of the northern republics.
军方对于北方几个共和国不断加剧的分裂倾向感到越来越不安。
e.g. ...the government's tendency towards secrecy in recent years.
近年来政府的保密倾向

2. (性格中不良的)倾向，偏好
A tendency is a part of your character that makes you behave in an unpleasant or worrying way.

e.g. He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency towards snobbery...
他被宠坏了，傲慢无礼，而且经常自命不凡。
e.g. Helen had been struggling against suicidal tendencies.
海伦一直在压制心里的自杀念头。

名词承诺，许诺; 委任，委托; 致力，献身; 承担义务

1. 信奉;忠诚
Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.

e.g. ...commitment to the ideals of Bolshevism.
对布尔什维克主义理想的信奉

2. 承诺;责任;义务
A commitment is something which regularly takes up some of your time because of an agreement you have made or because of responsibilities that you have.

e.g. I've got a lot of commitments...
我承担了很多责任。
e.g. Work commitments forced her to uproot herself and her son from Reykjavik.
她的工作迫使她和儿子从雷克雅未克搬走。

3. 承诺;许诺
If you make a commitment to do something, you promise that you will do it.

e.g. We made a commitment to keep working together...
我们承诺继续合作。
e.g. They made a commitment to peace.
他们承诺要维护和平。

4. 收监;送入医院
Commitment is the process of officially sending someone to a prison or to hospital.