| 单词 | devote |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[dɪˈvəʊt] 美[dɪˈvoʊt] |
| 解释 | vt.把…奉献(给),把…专用(于);奉献; |
| 例句 | VERB 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. 例: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。 例: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。 VERB 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. 例: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。 例: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。 |
| 变形 | third:devotes~done:devoted~ing:devoting~past:devoted~ |
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