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英语单词 dedicate
英美音标 英 ['dedɪkeɪt] 美 ['dedɪkeɪt]
中文释义 vt.致力于;献出;提献辞
英语例句 (1) She dedicated her life to science.
(2) I will dedicate myself to science in the future.
(3) I dedicate this song to my wife.
(4) I'd like to dedicate the book to my parents.
(5) The mayor will go to dedicate the museum.
中文例句 (1) 她毕生致力于科学。
(2) 我将来一定要投身于科学事业。
(3) 我要把这首歌献给我太太。
(4) 我想把这本书献给我的父母。
(5) 市长将出席博物馆的落成典礼。
vocabulary简明 To dedicate is to assign, to commit or to give over. If you dedicate a song you’ve written to a friend, it means the song belongs to them. If you dedicate yourself to a project, it means you give yourself to it.
vocabulary扩展 Things you may be dedicated to include your family, improving your local park, or attempting to break the world record for making the world's biggest rubber band ball. A dedicated resource is one committed to a specific mission, such as the computer room at your school being dedicated, or given over, to newspaper production every Tuesday afternoon.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]献(身);投(身);致力 If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
  [V pron-refl to n/-ing]
  [V n to n/-ing]
  [approval]
  • Back on the island, he dedicated himself to politics...

    回到岛上后,他便投身于政治。

  • Bessie has dedicated her life to caring for others.

    贝茜一生都致力于照顾他人。

dedicated
  • He's quite dedicated to his students.

    他一门心思都扑在学生身上。

  • ...a company staffed by capable and dedicated people.

    拥有一支能干、敬业的员工队伍的公司

dedication
  • We admire her dedication to the cause of humanity...

    我们敬佩她对人类事业的献身精神。

  • To be successful takes hard work and dedication.

    成功需要付出艰苦的努力,需要有全身心投入的精神。

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[VERB 动词]把(书、戏剧、音乐作品等)献(给) If someone dedicates something such as a book, play, or piece of music to you, they mention your name, for example in the front of a book or when a piece of music is performed, as a way of showing affection or respect for you.
  [V n to n]
  • She dedicated her first album to Woody Allen...

    她把自己的第一张专辑献给了伍迪·艾伦。

  • This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother.

    谨以此书献给我已故的母亲。

3
[VERB 动词]为(建筑物或教堂)举行奉献(或落成)典礼 If a building or church is dedicated to someone, a formal ceremony is held to show that the building will always be associated with them.
  [be V-ed to n]
  [V-ed to n]
  [usu passive]
  • The other day, in a little church near Brighton, a window was dedicated to the memory of the Revd. Michael Scott...

    几天前,在布赖顿附近的一个小教堂,人们以一扇窗户来纪念迈克尔·斯科特牧师。

  • The church is dedicated to St Mary of Bec.

    该教堂供奉的是贝克的圣玛丽。

dedication
  • ...the dedication of the Holocaust Museum...

    大屠杀纪念馆的落成典礼

  • Some 250 guests attended the dedication ceremony.

    约有 250 位来宾参加了奉献典礼。

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