• n. 禮物；[稅收] 貢物；頌詞；（尤指對死者的）致敬，悼念，吊唁禮物

來自拉丁語 tribuere,支付，分配，給予，部落間的財(cái)富分配或其它，來自 tribus,部落，詞源 同 tribe.引申詞義貢品，貢金等。

tribute (n.)

mid-14c., "stated sum of money or other valuable consideration paid by one ruler or country to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of peace or protection," from Anglo-French tribute, Old French tribut and directly from Latin tributum "tribute, a stated payment, a thing contributed or paid," noun use of neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere "to pay, assign, grant," also "allot among the tribes or to a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Sense of "offering, gift, token" is first recorded 1580s.

1. The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison.

那首歌是對羅伊·奧比森的致敬。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The award was a fitting tribute to her years of devoted work.

這個獎項(xiàng)是對她多年全心全意工作的恰如其分的褒獎。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. At her funeral her oldest friend paid tribute to her life and work.

在葬禮上，她最早的朋友對她的一生和工作給予了高度的贊揚(yáng)。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. She accepted their tribute graciously.

她慈祥地接受了他們的致意.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. All rose and stood in silent tribute.

全體起立默哀.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》