subscribe

subscribe
verb
  1. [no obj.]arrange to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance
    订阅;订购(出版物)
    subscribe to the magazine for twelve months and receive a free limited-edition T-shirt.
    订阅12个月的杂志可免费获得一件限量发行的T恤衫。
    ■contribute or undertake to contribute a certain sum of money to a particular fund, project, or charitable cause, typically on a regular basis
    向(某个基金、项目或慈善事业)捐款(多指定期捐款);认捐
    he is one of the millions who subscribe to the NSPCC.
    他是数百万个向英国国家防止虐待儿童协会捐款的人士之一。
    [with obj.]he subscribed £400 to the campaign.
    他向这项运动捐助了400英镑。
    ■(subscribe to)(figurative)express or feel agreement with (an idea or proposal)
    (喻)同意(观点,建议)
    we prefer to subscribe to an alternative explanation.
    我们更赞同另一种解释。
    ■[with obj.]apply to participate in
    申请加入
    the course has been fully subscribed.
    这门课已经额满。
    ■apply for or undertake to pay for an issue of shares
    认购(股票)
    they subscribed to the July rights issue at 300p a share.
    他们以每股300便士的价格认购了7月的优惠股票。
    [with obj.]the issue was fully subscribed.
    这次发行的股票已获全数认购。
    ■[with obj.]pay or guarantee (money) for an issue of shares
    (为认股)支付(或保证支付)
    10 million 50p units will be distributed to savers in proportion to the funds they subscribe.
    1,000万股面值为50便士的股票将按支付的基金比例分配给储户。
    ■[with obj.](of a bookseller) agree before publication to take (a certain number of copies of a book)
    (书商在书籍出版前)订购
    most of the first print run of 15,000 copies has been subscribed.
    第一版印刷的15,000册大部分已被订购。
  2. [with obj.](formal)sign (a will, contract, or other document)
    (正式)签署(遗嘱、合同或其他文件)
    he subscribed the will as a witness.
    他作为见证人在遗嘱上签字。
    ■sign (one's name) on such a document
    签(名)
    ■(subscribe oneself)[with complement](archaic)sign oneself as
    (古)签字称(自己)为
    he ventured still to subscribe himself her most obedient servant.
    他仍敢落款称自己是她最忠顺的仆人。
派生
subscriber
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'sign at the bottom of a document'): from Latin subscribere, from sub- 'under' + scribere 'write'
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