devote

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devote
/dɪ`vot/
(过去式: devoted; 过去完成式: devoted; 现在进行式: devoting)
v.t.
To dedicate or consecrate. 奉献;供奉。
To doom. 注定。
To give or apply (attention, time, or oneself) completely to some activity, purpose, etc. 致力于;献身;专心从事。
- He devoted his life to the study of history. 他把一生贡献于历史的研究。
- She devoted herself to music. 她专心于音乐。
- 英语>简体中文, 美语词典
devote
/dɪˈvəʊt/
vt.
1. (dedicate) 投入(时间、金钱、精力等);献(身)
to devote sth to sth 把…专用于…
- He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation. 他决定将余生奉献给科学研究事业。
to devote sth to doing sth 将…投入到做…上
- They have devoted their time to helping the sick. 他们把时间都用于帮助病人。
to devote yourself to sth 致力于…;投身于…
- He abandoned politics and devoted himself to business. 他弃政从商。
2. (curse) 诅咒;使注定灭亡
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典
devote
/dɪˈvəʊt/
v. devotes, devoting, devoted
投入,献身
- 英语>简体中文, 高中课标词汇
devote
v.tr.(及物动词) de.vot.ed, de.vot.ing, de.votes
1. To give or apply (one's time, attention, or self) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or person. 奉献:将(某人的时间、精力或自己)完全奉献给某项特别的活动、事业、目标或某个人
2. To set apart for a specific purpose or use: 作…专用:为一个特定的目的或用途而拨出:
- land devoted to mining. 土地留做采矿用
3. To set apart by or as if by a vow or solemn act; consecrate: 贡献:通过或似乎通过立誓或隆重的行为贡献;奉献:
- a temple devoted to Apollo. 一座奉献给阿波罗的庙宇
- 英语>简体中文, 美国传统词典
devote
vt. 献身,贡献
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉化学大词典
devote
vt.
把…奉献(给), 把…专用(于)
- We should devote everything we have. 我们应该奉献我们的一切。
- 英语>简体中文, 简明英汉词典
devote1
vt.
专心致力于, 献(身), 贡献
供奉, 供献
做某种专用
- He devoted his life to literature. 他专心致志于文学。
- He has devoted his whole life to benefiting mankind. 他为全人类的利益献出了自己的一生。
- We should devote ourselves assiduously and faithfully to the duties of our profession. 我们应当勤奋地而且忠诚地献身于我们的职责。
- He devoted a great sum of money to books. 他们花了一大笔钱买书。
devote to
把...献给; 把...专用于
devote oneself to
致力于, 献身于; 专心于

参考词汇
<a href="bword://devote">devote</a>;<a href="bword://dedicate">dedicate</a>;<a href="bword://consecrate">consecrate</a>;
都含“贡献” 、“献身”的意思。
devote 指 “决心将全部身心、活动、精力等献出”, 如:
- devote one's life to a cause 把生命献给事业。
dedicate 系正式用语, 指“庄重地奉献给神”或“为神圣目的而贡献”, 如:
- They dedicated the temple. 他们献出庙宇。
consecrate 系正式用语, 指“通过宗教仪式确定将某物用于神圣用途”, 如:
- The new church was consecrated by the Bishop. 新教堂的奉献仪式由主教主持。
英语>简体中文, 现代英汉综合大辞典
devote
/dɪˈvəʊt/
(devoting, devoted,devotes)
1. 及物动词 If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it. 把…奉献给
- He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation. 他决定把余生奉献给科学研究。
- Considerable resources have been devoted to proving him a liar. 大量的资源已被用来证明他是个撒谎者。
2. 及物动词 If you devote a particular proportion of a piece of writing or a speech to a particular subject, you deal with the subject in that amount of space or time. 作…专用
- He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of U.S. aircraft design. 他在那份厚重的报告中用一个主要章节分析了美国的飞机设计。
英语>简体中文, 高级英汉双解词典