1. | （报刊等的）订阅费，订购款，订阅，订购an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine, etc.; the act of paying this money |
an annual subscription 一年期订阅 | |
to take out a subscription to ‘Newsweek’ 订阅《新闻周刊》 | |
to cancel/renew a subscription 退订；续订 | |
Copies are available by subscription. 此刊物供订购。 |
2. | （向慈善机构的）定期捐款；（俱乐部的）会员费；（服务的）用户费；会员费（或服务费）的交纳a sum of money that you pay regularly to a charity, or to be a member of a club or to receive a service; the act of paying this money |
a monthly subscription to Oxfam 每月给乐施会的捐款 |
3. | 集体资助；集体捐助the act of people paying money for sth to be done |
A statue in his memory was erected by public subscription . 由公众捐资建起一座纪念他的雕像。 |
