[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。
[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
late Middle English (in the sense 'sign at the bottom of a document'): from Latin subscribere, from sub- 'under' + scribere 'write'