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

• His family, his friends and colleagues filled every seat in the church, and stood in the aisles and in the doorways to take part in the funeral mass, and to hear tributes to his work and to his life.
  他的家人、朋友和同事参加了殡葬弥撒，怀念他的工作和一生，教堂内座无虚席，许多人只能站在走道和门道上。
• Yet on this day there were also tributes. And in the end Mr. Blair also paid tributes to his colleagues in the House of Commons.
  而这一天也有颂扬之辞。最后布莱尔先生对他在众院的同事表示了赞扬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They would use trolleys to carry the tributes.
  他们将用手推车转载贡品。
• 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。
• 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。
• The tributes today echoed the hundreds which have been sent in around the world including from ordinary people, ministers, non-governmental organizations, and heads of state.
  今天，这些颂扬引起了成百上千人的共鸣，他们是受世界各地民众的委托来此，他们中包括了普通百姓、部长、非政府组织和国家首脑。
• His colleagues paid generous tributes to the outgoing president.
  同事们纷纷向即将卸任的总裁致敬。