tribute
要点感謝、の印、貢物
意味
- (…に対する)感謝(賞賛,尊敬)の印(贈り物,ささげ物,記念品,賛辞など)《+to+名》
- (保護・安全のための,他君主・他国への)貢物,納付金;進貢の義務《+to+名》
例文
The verdict is a tribute to their fairness.
評決は公平な審議の証拠である。
The whole company stood in silence for a few moments, as a tribute to the dead.
全員、死者にしばし黙とうを捧げた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see).