devote
- v. 献身，致力；用于
[ 第三人称单数 devotes 现在分词 devoting 过去式 devoted 过去分词 devoted ]
网络释义英英释义
devote to 致力于 ; 奉献 ; 献身于 ; 投身于
devote oneself to 献身于 ; 致力于 ; 投身于 ; 专心于
Saint Devote 圣 ; 德沃特
devote-dedicate 投身 ; 致力
devote one's attention to 专心于 ; 注意 ; 重视 ; 对
devote oneself to doing sth 献身于做某事 ; 全身心投入做某事
Is to devote himself 是一生的奉献
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
devote /dɪˈvəʊt/ CET4 TEM4 ( devoting, devoted, devotes )
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V-T 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
例：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。
例：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。
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V-T 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
例：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。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The original intention was to devote three months to the project.
最初的计划是在这个项目上投入三个月的时间。
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It can't be denied that we need to devote more resources to this problem.
无可否认，我们必须投入更多的资源来解决这个问题。
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We devote several days to the exploration of the magnificent Maya sites of Copan.
我们投入了几天时间在科潘宏伟的玛雅遗址考察。
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"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."
VOA: special.2011.06.11
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It's an historical question, as I say, and I want to devote the rest of the lecture to it.
这是一个历史问题，正如我刚刚说的，我会用剩下的时间讲讲这个问题。
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Dreams" is such a fun topic that I'm going to devote half a class to sleeping and dreams.
梦“是个很有意思的话题,我将会用半节课的时间来说说睡眠和梦。
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