an amount of money that you pay regularly to receive a service, be a member of a club, support a charity or receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine; the act of paying this money （报刊等的）订阅费，订购款，订阅，订购 an annual subscription 一年期订阅 - subscription to/for something
a subscription to Netflix 订阅《网飞》 a monthly subscription to Oxfam 每月给乐施会的捐款 to take out a subscription to ‘Newsweek’ 订阅《新闻周刊》 to cancel/renew a subscription 退订；续订 - by subscription
Copies are available by subscription. 此刊物供订购。 Subscriptions are due annually by the end of January. 订阅每年1月底到期。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1Do you wish to take out a full twelve-month subscription to the journal? 这本期刊你想订满一年吗？ Most of the articles require a subscription. 多数文章都要订阅后才能阅读。 The company has already sold 500 000 new subscriptions for the magazine. 该公司为这本杂志签了 50 万新订户。 a yearly subscription for a print version of the journal 期刊印刷版的年度订阅 It is available through an annual subscription service. 通过年度订阅服务可以买到。 a 30-day free trial subscription 30 天免费试订 a one-year subscription to this service 对该服务为期一年的订购 Club subscriptions are due annually by the end of January. 会员费每年1月底到期。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- monthly
- yearly
- …
- buy
- pay
- purchase
- …
- fee
- price
- rate
- …
- subscription for
- subscription to
- a month’s, year’s, etc. subscription
the act of people paying money for something to be done 集体资助；集体捐助 Synonyms paymentpayment- premium
- contribution
- subscription
- repayment
- deposit
- instalment
- payment an amount of money that you pay or are expected to pay; the act of paying:
ten monthly payments of $50 每月付款 50 美元，十次付清 payment in advance 预先付款
- premium an amount of money that you pay once or regularly for an insurance policy; an extra payment added to the basic rate; a higher amount of money than usual:
an insurance premium 保险费 a premium for express delivery 快递附加费
- contribution a sum of money that you pay regularly to your employer or the government in order to pay for benefits such as health insurance, a pension, etc:
You can increase your monthly contributions to the pension plan. 你可以增加你的养老金计划每月供款。
- subscription an amount of money you pay in advance to receive a service:
a subscription to Netflix 订阅《网飞》
- repayment (British English)
an amount of money that you pay regularly to a bank, etc. until you have returned all the money that you owe; the act of paying this money: 指按期偿还的款项、分期偿还额、偿还债务、归还借款： the repayments on the loan 贷款的分期偿还额
- deposit an amount of money that you pay as the first part of a larger payment:
We've put down a 5 per cent deposit on the house. 我们已经为这所房子付了5%的定金。
- instalment one of a number of payments that you make regularly over a period of time until you have paid for something:
We paid for the car by/in instalments. 我们以分期付款买了这辆车。
- (a/an) annual/monthly/regular payment/premium/contributions/subscription/repayment/deposit/instalment
- payment/repayment in full
- to pay a(n) premium/contribution/subscription/deposit/instalment
- to make a payment/repayment/deposit
- to meet/keep up (with) (the) payment(s)/the premiums/(the) repayment(s)/the instalments
Word Originlate Middle English (referring to a signature or short piece of writing at the end of a document): from Latin subscriptio(n-), from subscribere ‘write below’, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.