新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

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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