| 单词 | devote |
| 释义 | devote verb ●devote sth/yourself to sthadverb➤entirely, exclusively, solely, specifically使⋯完全投入于；专心致志于；只专注于；特别投入于◆she devoted herself entirely to writing.她全身心投入写作。➤mainly使⋯主要致力于 devote verbdevote ♦︎ dedicate ♦︎ commit ♦︎ give sth over to sththese words all mean to give a lot of your time and effort to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important.这些词均表示将时间和精力投放在认为重要的事情上。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆to devote sth / dedicate sth / commit sth / give sth over to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate yourself to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / commit / give over your life / time to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / commit (your) resources / funds to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / give over (a) space / page / chapter / section◆to devote / dedicate your effort / energy◆to devote / give over your attention / thoughts◆to entirely / mainly devote / dedicate sth / yourself to sb / sth◆to exclusively / solely / specifically devote sth / yourself / dedicate sth / yourself / give sth over to sb / sth■ devote [transitive] (rather formal) to give a lot of your time, effort, attention or resources to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important献身于；致力于；专注于◆i could only devote two hours a day to work on the project.我一天只能抽出两个小时做这个项目。◆he devoted all his attention to his mother.他全心全意关心妈妈。◆most companies devote resources to quality control and product testing.大多数公司都把资源投放在质量管理和产品测试上。 ➡ see also devotee → fan ▸ devotion /dɪvəʊʃn; name dɪvoʊʃn/ noun [uncountable, singular] ◆ (approving) her devotion to the job left her with very little free time.她全身心投入工作，几乎没有间暇。◆the judge praised the firefighters for their courage and devotion to duty.法官赞扬消防队员勇敢尽职。 ➡ see also devotion → love noun 2 ■ dedicate /dedɪkeɪt/ [transitive] (rather formal, usually approving) to give a lot of your time, effort or resources to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important献身于；致力于◆she dedicates herself to her work.她献身于自己的工作。◆he dedicated his life to helping the poor.他毕生致力于帮助穷人。 ➡ see also dedicated → reliable 1 ▸ dedication noun [uncountable] ◆ (approving) i really admire gina for her dedication to her family.我真钦佩吉娜为家庭所作的奉献。◆the job requires total dedication.这项工作需要全身心的投入。note 辨析 devote or dedicate?there is little difference in meaning between these words. dedicate is usually used in an approving way; devote can be either approving or neutral (= neither approving nor disapproving), although the nouns devotion and dedication are both approving. devote can be used with a slightly larger range of nouns, including thoughts and attention.这两个词含义几乎没有差别。dedicate 通常用于褒义，devote 既可用于褒义，也可用于中性意义，尽管两者的派生名词 devotion 和 dedication 都含褒义。devote 搭配的名词范围略广，包括 thoughts 和 attention◆he dedicated all his attention to his mother. by far the most frequent collocates of dedicate are yourself and your life. * dedicate 最常见的搭配词是 oneself 和 sb's life。■ commit (-tt-) [transitive] (rather formal) to spend money or time on sb/sth投入（资金）；花费（时间）◆the council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects.市政会在住宅项目上投入了大量资金。 ➡ see also committed → reliable 1 ▸ commitment noun [uncountable] ◆ (approving) he was best known for his lifelong commitment to the socialist cause.他以毕生献身社会主义事业而著称。◆i was saddened to see their lack of commitment.看到他们缺乏奉献精神，我很痛心。■ give sth over to sth -->phrasal verb(gave, given) [usually passive] to use sth for one particular purpose把⋯专用于（某种目的）◆this gallery is given over to british art.这个陈列室专用于陈列英国艺术品。devote [transitive] (rather formal) to give a lot of your time, effort, attention or resources to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important献身于；致力于；专注于◆i could only devote two hours a day to work on the project.我一天只能抽出两个小时做这个项目。◆he devoted all his attention to his mother.他全心全意关心妈妈。◆most companies devote resources to quality control and product testing.大多数公司都把资源投放在质量管理和产品测试上。 ➡ see also devotee → fan ▸ devotion /dɪvəʊʃn; name dɪvoʊʃn/ noun [uncountable, singular] ◆ (approving) her devotion to the job left her with very little free time.她全身心投入工作，几乎没有间暇。◆the judge praised the firefighters for their courage and devotion to duty.法官赞扬消防队员勇敢尽职。 ➡ see also devotion → love noun 2 devote/dɪˈvəʊt ||; dɪˈvot/verb [t] devote yourself/sth to sb/sth to give a lot of time, energy, etc to sb/sth 奉献（许多时间、精力等）；致力于；献身于: ◇she gave up work to devote herself full-time to her music. 她放弃了工作，专心搞音乐。◇schools should devote more time to science subjects. 学校应该多排点时间给理科科目。 de·vote /dɪ`vot; dɪˈvəʊt/v 1. [t] devote time/effort/energy etc to sth to use your time, effort etc to do something 把时间/努力/精力等全部投入于某事:◇she devoted most of her spare time to tennis. 她将大部分业余时间都用来打网球了。 2. [t] to deal with one main subject or activity 专用于…:◇a whole chapter is devoted to the question of the environment. 整整一章被用于讨论环境问题。 ☞ devote |
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