20150718 【attribute / contribute / distribute 】

[ tribute = give ]

1.attribute to = ascribe A to B

I would like to ascribe what i am today to my parents.
He attributes his good health to exercise.
Don't attribute your failure to bad luck.
Do you think it proper attribute weakness to women?

power failure = power cut 停電


2.contribute = donate =give = provide

He didn't contribute one idea to the document.
He contributed his half of salary to the fund.
Drink contribute to a person's ruin.

Your appearance will spoil / sour / ruin my family. 破壞
Excessive drink 過量的喝酒
As bad luck would have it , I steeped on shit.
contribution 政治獻金


3.distribute

Our government distributed food and clothing for the refugees.
They had distributed lands among the farmers.
The teacher distributed the mates into three groups.


sb take refuge in the arcade form the heavy rain.