tributes

英 [ˈtrɪbjuːts]

美 [ˈtrɪbjuts]

n.  (尤指对死者的)致敬，颂词; 悼念; 致哀; 吊唁礼物; (良好效果或影响的)体现，显示; (尤指旧时一国向他国交纳的)贡品，贡金
tribute的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 致敬;颂词;献礼
  Atributeis something that you say, do, or make to show your admiration and respect for someone.
  1. The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison...
     那首歌是对罗伊·奥比森的致敬。
  2. He paid tribute to the organising committee...
     他赞扬了组委会。
  3. Over nine-thousand ex-servicemen and women marched past in tribute to their fallen comrades.
     9,000多名退伍的男女战士列队行进而过，以悼念他们倒下的同志。
• N-SING (良好结果的)体现，证明
  If one thing isa tribute toanother, the first thing is the result of the second and shows how good it is.
  1. His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism...
     他的成功充分体现了他的勤劳苦干和敬业精神。
  2. It is a tribute to Mr Chandler's skill that he has fashioned a fascinating book out of such unpromising material.
     钱德勒先生竟然以如此不被看好的素材写出了一本引人入胜的书，这充分证明了他的写作技巧。

双语例句

• The public tributes to Edison in 1931 and those to Mr. Jobs 80 years later were similar, but only superficially.
  1931年公众对爱迪生的赞美和80年后对乔布斯的溢美之词内容相似，但是这种相似只是流于表面。
• Madonna and Paul McCartney have already paid their tributes along with the slew of other top celebrities.
  麦当娜和保罗·麦卡特尼与其他明星一起向迈克尔杰克逊表达敬意。
• Within hours of the tragedy, people living near Irwin's zoo began leaving floral tributes.
  悲剧发生后的几小时里，居住在史蒂夫·欧文动物园附近的人们开始向他供奉鲜花。
• Peaches's heartbroken father Bob Geldof tonight led the tributes to his daughter. In a heartbreaking statement, the 62-year-old said: 'Peaches has died. We are beyond pain.
  皮绮斯的父亲鲍勃吉尔道夫今晚哀悼女儿，在令人心碎的声明中，这位62岁的老父亲说：皮绮斯去世了，我们承受了巨大的伤痛。
• Links to sites devoted to our favorite movie stars of the classic era, both collections and individual tributes.
  链接为我们倾注了经典的时代最喜爱的电影明星，无论是个人收藏和悼念网站。
• Moon cakes used to be tributes in moon fete rituals and later it becomes an indispensable symbolic food for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which stands for unity and harmony.
  月饼最早是祭月典礼中的一种供品，后来渐渐演变成了民间过中秋节必不可少的象征性食品。它和中秋夜圆圆的月亮一样，代表着和谐与团圆。
• They lighted incense and candles and heaped floral tributes to the dead.
  他们点燃蜡烛、熏香，为死难者献上花环。
• One by one, names of the victims were read, along with tributes to the dead.
  纪念仪式主持人宣读每个遇难者的姓名和对他们的哀念。
• Former political rivals started issuing glib tributes as soon as her death was announced.
  当她的死讯一宣布，以前的政敌就开始发表圆滑的颂辞。
• They would use trolleys to carry the tributes.
  他们将用手推车转载贡品。