subscription
noun
səbˈskrɪpʃən
noun
1
an
amount
of
money
you
pay,
usually
once
a
year,
to
receive
copies
of
a
newspaper
or
magazine,
or
receive
a
service,
or
the
act
of
paying
money
for
this
订阅(费); 用户费
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Are
you
interested
in
taking
out
a
subscription
to
Newsweek
(=arranging
to
buy
it
on
a
regular
basis)
?
你有兴趣订阅《新闻周刊》吗?
You
may
cancel
your
subscription
at
any
time.
你随时可以取消订阅。
I’ve
decided
not
to
renew
my
subscription
.
我决定不再续订了。
2
an
amount
of
money
you
pay
regularly
to
be
a
member
of
an
organization
or
to
help
its
work,
or
the
act
of
paying
money
for
this
[英] 会(员)费; 会(员)费的缴纳
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a
subscription
to
Amnesty
International
向大赦国际交纳的会费
3
when
people
in
a
country
or
place
give
money
in
order
to
pay
for
something
to
be
done
认捐; 捐助
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The
church’s
120
foot
gothic
spire
was
paid
for
by
public
subscription
in
1939.
这座教堂 120 英尺的哥特式尖塔是 1939 年由公众捐资建成的。