devote
[di'vəut]
vt.致力于, 奉献给, 把...专用于
adj. <古>献身的
n. (女)热心之士
例句与用法:
The noblest ideal to which one can devote oneself is Communism.
能为之献身的最崇高的理想是共产主义。
He started to study ecology and decided to devote his whole life to the science.
他开始研究生态学,并决心将他的一生献身于这门学科。
Please devote more time to your work.
请把更多的时间用于工作。
He devoted himself entirely to music.
他将一生奉献给了音乐。
词形变化:
名词: devote-ment | 动词过去式: devoted | 动词过去分词: devoted | 动词现在分词: devoting | 动词第三人称单数: devotes |
vt.
1. 将……奉献(给)[(+to)]
He devoted himself to writing.
他专心写作。
He was still devoted to the study of chemistry.
他仍专心致力于化学研究。
He has devoted his whole life to benefiting mankind.
他把一生都献给了造福人类的事业。
2. 把……专用(于)[(+to)]
短语词组:
devote oneself to
1. 专心于
He often devoted himself to reading.
他常常专心于阅读。
2. 献身于
devote
过去式:devoted
过去分词:devoted
现在进行时:devoting
词形变化:
名词: devote-ment | 动词过去式: devoted | 动词过去分词: devoted | 动词现在分词: devoting | 动词第三人称单数: devotes |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.奉献; 专心于
dedicate
consecrate
assign
apply
attend to
devote[di'vəut]vt.1.■献身于,致力于,专心于,专心致力于,专心从事,把(时间、精力等)专用于(某些目的、活动、研究、职业、事业或某人等)(to):to devote one's time to reading把时间专用于阅读to devote oneself completely to his work完全投身于工作2.■把…献(给),献(身);奉献,供奉(to):She devoted her life to God.她献身于上帝。3.■[古语]诅咒,咒骂;使注定灭亡,命定;使受到破坏,使遭受灾难adj.1.■[古语] = devoted近义词dedicateconsecratehallow变形vt.devoteddevoting
devotedevote[diˈvəut]vt.1.■专心致力于, 献(身), 贡献2.■供奉, 供献3.■做某种专用He devoted his life to literature.他专心致志于文学。He has devoted his whole life to benefiting mankind.他为全人类的利益献出了自己的一生。We should devote ourselves assiduously and faithfully to the duties of our profession.我们应当勤奋地而且忠诚地献身于我们的职责。He devoted a great sum of money to books.他们花了一大笔钱买书。
参考词汇devote;dedicate;consecrate;都含“贡献” 、“献身”的意思。1.■devote 指 “决心将全部身心、活动、精力等献出”, 如:devote one's life to a cause把生命献给事业。2.■dedicate 系正式用语, 指“庄重地奉献给神”或“为神圣目的而贡献”, 如:They dedicated the temple.他们献出庙宇。3.■consecrate 系正式用语, 指“通过宗教仪式确定将某物用于神圣用途”, 如:The new church was consecrated by the Bishop.新教堂的奉献仪式由主教主持。
verb
[with obj.]
- (devote something to)give all or a large part of one's time or resources to (a person, activity, or cause)
将(时间,精力)用于(人,活动,事业)上;尽心竭力于…
I wanted to devote more time to my family.
我希望把更多的时间花在家人身上。
she devoted herself to fund-raising.
她全身心投入筹集资金的工作。 - (archaic)invoke or pronounce a curse upon
(古)降祸于;诅咒
devotement
noun
- (archaic)
- late 16th cent. (in the sense 'dedicate formally, consecrate'): from Latin devot- 'consecrated', from the verb devovere, from de- 'formally' + vovere 'to vow'
devote
动词 devote:
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
同义词:give, dedicate, consecrate, commit
dedicate
set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
devote
■In 1997,the committee continued to devote much of its attention to the prevention of juvenile involvement in crime.
1997年内,委员会继续关注防止青少年以身试法的问题。
■Joined DSM at the beginning of 2003, I devote myself to the research of fortified rice and infant milk powder premixes.
2003年初加入帝斯曼公司,主要从事强化大米和婴儿奶粉预混料的技术工作。
■Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
2你们要恒切祷告,在此儆醒感恩。
■Devote wholehearted effort without calculating who does or gains more.
3尽心尽力第一,不争你我多少。
■FJC devote oneself to the needs of it is run high hope.
FJC致力于满足这种不断高涨的期望。
■ILO will devote a day to discuss the child labor.
ILO会花一天时间讨论童工问题。
■The ILO will devote a day to a discussion of child labor.
ILO将用一天的时间来谈论童工问题。
■The tragedy of being famous is that you have to devote so much time to being famous.
“成名的不幸就是你必须付出很多时间维持知名度。”
■A man with ambition can devote himself to his study.
一个有雄心壮志的人能够把心思放在学习上.
■A trendsetting institution, devote our mind to design service.
一间专注于设计服务的新锐设计机构。
■Don't devote too much to games.
不要在游戏上浪费太多时间。
■Do not devote too much time to games .
不要浪费太多的时间玩游戏。
■Personal goal: Down the road he hopes to devote time to coaching new entrepreneurs.
个人目标:为新型企业家提供指导。
■Nurseries and kinder gardens have been set up to enable working mothers to devote more time to their study and work.
为了使有工作的母亲能把更多的时间用于学习和工作,办起了托儿所和幼儿园。
■Perhaps there are many serious pursuits to which I should devote the few remaining hours.
也许还有许多强烈的愿望我应花最后的几个小时去实现。
■In 2001, the Government continued to devote much effort to easing unemployment.
二零零一年,政府继续致力解决失业问题。
■He returned to California to devote himself to his own kind of writing.
于是,他返回加州,投身到自己的创作中去。
■He devote his whole life to the study of science.
他一辈子献身于科学研究。
■They must devote a lot of time to that project.
他们必须在那项计划上花大量的时间。
■They devote all their hours to working in their lab.
他们把自己的全部时间都用于实验室的工作中了.
■They are willing to wholly devote themselves to the task.
他们立志把自己全部献身于这项任务。
■He seemed to have unlimited time to devote to us.
他似乎有无限时间专来陪同我们。
■He is determined to devote his life to sicence.
他决心把毕生精力贡献给科学事业。
■When he begin to do anything, he devote himself to it.
他在开始做任何事情时,总是把自己投入进去。
■He wanted to devote himself to abstract research.
他希望献身于抽象的理论研究。
■He recommended that they should devote great effort to military work.
他建议他们大力研究军事工作。
■He started to study ecology and decided to devote his whole life to the science.
他开始研究生态学,并决心将他的一生献身于这门学科。
■He intends to devote his life to curing the sick in India.
他想把自己的一生奉献于医治印度的病人。
■The time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devote to the neglect of his duty.
他把花在打扮上的时间省下来,却用到了玩忽职守上去。
■He was accustomed not to devote many hours to repose.
他早已习惯不在休息上多花时间。
■He left the army to devote more time to his family.
他离开军队以便把更多的时间花在家里。
■He wanted to be a physicist and devote himself to research.
他立志要成为一名物理学家,并献身于科学研究。
■He thinks we should not devote any more time on this issue.
他认为我们不应该再在这个问题上多花时间了。
■After graduation, he continued to devote himself to research.
他退休后依然专心于化学的研究。
■After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening.
他退休后将把精力花在园艺上。
■He withdrew from newspaper work to devote his full time to writing.
他退出新闻工作以便潜心写作。
■In the past, I could devote many hours to LcB, but I no longer want to.
以前,我无法在生活教练博客上花很多时间,但现在我再也不想这样了。
■But this doesn't mean they should devote a great many classroom hours to ideological and political teaching.
但这并不是说要把大量的课时用于思想政治教育。
■As a licenced architect, I devote myself to my career and enjoy it.
作为一位建筑师,我奉献并沉醉于自己的事业。
■You shouldn't devote your spare time to playing computer games.
你不应该把闲暇时间用在玩电脑游戏上。
■You devote all your life to the fulfillment of your dream.
你付出你的一生来完成你的梦想。
■It's wrong to devote yourself only to amusement.
你只专心于娱乐是不对的。
■You can readjust more frequently, depending on the time you have to devote to investing.
你可以调整得更勤一些,这取决于你花在投资上的时间。
■You must devote your attention to your work.
你必须专心于工作。
■The more you devote to it, the more pleasure you reap from it.
你投入得越多,你就能从中获得更多的乐趣。
■The life you went through is the annals I devote myself to for long.
你经历过的生活,是我持续研究的编年史。
■How much money can you afford to devote to repaying debt?
你能负担多少钱用于偿还债务?
■Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.
你要以宣读,劝勉,教导为念,直等到我来。
■Accepted by the Party, he decided to devote his life to the cause of the Party.
入党以后,他决定献身于党的事业。
■All Party members, especially veteran comrades, should devote their efforts to it.
全党同志,特别是老同志,要为此付出自己的全部精力。
devote oneself to
1. 专心于
He often devoted himself to reading.
他常常专心于阅读。
2. 献身于
习惯用语devote to1.■把...献给; 把...专用于devote oneself to1.■致力于, 献身于; 专心于