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devote

英  [dɪˈvəʊt]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词

  • devotes , devoting , devoted

    1. [T 及物动词] 把…奉献给

    If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.

    近义词

    dedicate

    双语例句

    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。

    例：

    She gave up her part-time job to devote herself entirely to her art.

    她放弃了兼职工作，完全投身于艺术创作中。

    2. [T 及物动词] 作…专用

    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.

    近义词

    dedicate

    双语例句

    例：

    He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of US 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。

    例：

    This chapter is devoted to clarifying the nature of risk.

    这一章专门用来澄清风险的本质。

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