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devote vt.致力于；奉献给；把...专用于 (1) 你必须专心于工作。(2) 毕业以后,他继续潜心于这项研究。(3) 他将一生奉献给了音乐。(4) 他开始研究生态学,并决心将他的一生献身于这门学科。(5) 他们花了一大笔钱买书。 Nuns and priests are said to devote their lives to God. A knight in shining armor devotes himself to his lady. If you devote as much energy to your school work as you do to your hair, your grades should improve. If our country devoted to education even half of the resources we pour into defense, we could eliminate poverty.

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英 [dɪ'vəʊt] 美 [dɪ'voʊt] (1) You must devote your attention to your work.(2) After he graduated, he continued to devote himself to the research.(3) He devoted himself entirely to music.(4) He started to study ecology and decided to devote his whole life to the science.(5) He devoted a great sum of money to books. Devote means to give to. If you devote yourself to jump-roping, you might be found in your driveway every free moment of the day practicing. 1[VERB 动词]献（身）；奉献，投入(时间、精力等) If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.   [V n to n/-ing]  [V pron-refl to n/-ing]He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation...他决定将自己的余生献给科学研究事业。Considerable resources have been devoted to proving him a liar...为了证明他是个骗子已投入了相当多的人力和财力。She gladly gave up her part-time job to devote herself entirely to her art.她欣然辞去了兼职工作，全身心地投入到她的艺术中去。2[VERB 动词]将(文章或讲话的某一部分)专用（于） 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.   [V n to n]He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of US aircraft design...在他的长篇报告中，他用了很大的篇幅来分析美国飞机的设计。Page upon page is devoted to the chain of events leading to the Prime Minister's resignation.一页又一页的篇幅都用来描述导致首相辞职的一连串事件。

英语单词	devote
英美音标	英 [dɪ'vəʊt] 美 [dɪ'voʊt]
中文释义	vt.致力于；奉献给；把...专用于
英语例句	(1) You must devote your attention to your work. (2) After he graduated, he continued to devote himself to the research. (3) He devoted himself entirely to music. (4) He started to study ecology and decided to devote his whole life to the science. (5) He devoted a great sum of money to books.
中文例句	(1) 你必须专心于工作。 (2) 毕业以后,他继续潜心于这项研究。 (3) 他将一生奉献给了音乐。 (4) 他开始研究生态学,并决心将他的一生献身于这门学科。 (5) 他们花了一大笔钱买书。
vocabulary简明	Devote means to give to. If you devote yourself to jump-roping, you might be found in your driveway every free moment of the day practicing.
vocabulary扩展	Nuns and priests are said to devote their lives to God. A knight in shining armor devotes himself to his lady. If you devote as much energy to your school work as you do to your hair, your grades should improve. If our country devoted to education even half of the resources we pour into defense, we could eliminate poverty.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]献（身）；奉献，投入(时间、精力等) If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it. [V n to n/-ing] [V pron-refl to n/-ing] He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation... 他决定将自己的余生献给科学研究事业。 Considerable resources have been devoted to proving him a liar... 为了证明他是个骗子已投入了相当多的人力和财力。 She gladly gave up her part-time job to devote herself entirely to her art. 她欣然辞去了兼职工作，全身心地投入到她的艺术中去。 2 [VERB 动词]将(文章或讲话的某一部分)专用（于） 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. [V n to n] He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of US aircraft design... 在他的长篇报告中，他用了很大的篇幅来分析美国飞机的设计。 Page upon page is devoted to the chain of events leading to the Prime Minister's resignation. 一页又一页的篇幅都用来描述导致首相辞职的一连串事件。

Devote Devoted Energy [V D Decided Life Resources