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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sub·scribe /səbˈskraɪb/ ●○○ verb  1 [intransitive]TCN to pay money, usually once a year, to have copies of a newspaper or magazine sent to you, or to have some other service 订阅〔报纸或杂志〕,订购〔服务〕subscribe to You can subscribe to the magazine for as little as $32 a year. 一年只需 32 美元就可以订阅这份杂志。2 [intransitive] British EnglishGIVE to pay money regularly to be a member of an organization or to help its work 定期缴纳会员费;定期捐款subscribe to She subscribes to an environmental action group. 她定期捐款给一个环境行动组织。3 BFS[intransitive] to agree to buy or pay for shares 认购股份subscribe for Each employee may subscribe for up to £2,000 worth of shares. 每位员工最高可以认购价值 2,000 英镑的股份。4subscribe to something phrasal verb formal AGREEif you subscribe to an idea, you agree with it or support it 同意,赞同;支持subscribe to the view/belief/theory etc I have never subscribed to the view that schooldays are the happiest days of your life. 我从未赞同过这样的看法,以为学生时代是一生中最快乐的日子。→ See Verb table
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subscribeHe says the issue - one of the last under the Business Expansion Scheme - was fully subscribed.To which principle of taxation do you subscribe?So if you subscribe to magazines or are on the mailing lists of other catalogs, your name will get circulated.Not all Essenes subscribed to, or practised, precisely the same things.Most of those companies also subscribe to the services.Adults, adult women in particular, are subscribing to this expansionism for themselves without question.Please subscribe your name to the document.subscribe toWhat newspaper do you subscribe to?About 60 percent of U.S. households already subscribe to cable TV.She has always subscribed to the view that children should be given responsibility from an early age.For several years now, we've subscribed to the Zoo Fund.There is a business philosophy I subscribe to, which says that if you are not making mistakes, you are not doing it right.
From Longman Business Dictionarysubscribesub‧scribe /səbˈskraɪb/ verb1[intransitive] to pay money regularly in order to have a newspaper or magazine sent to you, or to receive a broadcasting, telephone, or Internet servicesubscribe toWhich Internet Service Provider do you subscribe to?2[intransitive]FINANCE to ask or agree to buy shares in a company that has offered shares to investorssubscribe forEach rights holder will be entitled to subscribe for one share of common stock.3subscribe toFINANCE to pay money regularly to be a member of an organization or to help its workChris subscribes to an environmental action group.4[transitive] formal to sign your namePlease subscribe your name to the document.→ See Verb tableOrigin subscribe (1400-1500) Latin subscribere, from scribere to write
sub·scribe verbChineseSyllable
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subscribe /səbˈskraɪb/ verb
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: subscribere, from scribere 'to write'
1. [intransitive] to pay money, usually once a year, to have copies of a newspaper or magazine sent to you, or to have some other service
    subscribe to
    You can subscribe to the magazine for as little as $32 a year.
2. [intransitive] British English to pay money regularly to be a member of an organization or to help its work
    subscribe to
    She subscribes to an environmental action group.
3. [intransitive] to agree to buy or pay for shares
    subscribe for
    Each employee may subscribe for up to £2,000 worth of shares.
     
subscribe to something phrasal verb formal
  if you subscribe to an idea, you agree with it or support it
    subscribe to the view/belief/theory etc
    I have never subscribed to the view that schooldays are the happiest days of your life.


sub·scribeBrE /səbˈskraɪb/ 🔊NAmE /səbˈskraɪb/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they subscribe BrE /səbˈskraɪb/ 🔊 NAmE /səbˈskraɪb/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it subscribes BrE /səbˈskraɪbz/ 🔊 NAmE /səbˈskraɪbz/ 🔊past simple subscribed BrE /səbˈskraɪbd/ 🔊 NAmE /səbˈskraɪbd/ 🔊past participle subscribed BrE /səbˈskraɪbd/ 🔊 NAmE /səbˈskraɪbd/ 🔊 -ing form subscribing BrE /səbˈskraɪbɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /səbˈskraɪbɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] ~ (to sth) to pay an amount of money regularly in order to receive or use sth 定期订购(或订阅等)Which journals does the library subscribe to? 图书馆订有哪些报刊?🔊🔊We subscribe to several sports channels (= on TV). 我们付费收看好几个体育频道。🔊🔊 [intransitive] ~ (to sth) to arrange to have regular access to an electronic information service or other Internet service 订阅(电子信息服务或其他互联网服务)He subscribed to a newsgroup (= on the Internet). 他成了一个网上新闻组的用户。🔊🔊To hear the full interview, subscribe to the free National Geographic News podcast.要听完整的采访,请订阅免费的《国家地理》新闻播客。 [intransitive] ~ (to sth) to pay money regularly to be a member of an organization or to support a charity 定期交纳(会员费);定期(向慈善机构)捐款;定期捐助He subscribes regularly to Amnesty International. 他定期向大赦国际捐款。🔊🔊 [intransitive] ~ (for sth) (finance 金融) to apply to buy shares in a company 认购(股份)   see also oversubscribed [transitive, usually passive] ~ sth to apply to take part in an activity, use a service, etc. 申请;预订;报名The tour of Edinburgh is fully subscribed. 去爱丁堡旅游的名额已经满了。🔊🔊 subˈscribe to sth(formal) to agree with or support an opinion, a theory, etc. 同意;赞成 SYN believe in sth The authorities no longer subscribe to the view that disabled people are unsuitable as teachers. 当局不再支持残疾人不适宜做教师的观点。🔊🔊