vt. 把…奉獻(xiàn)(給),把…專用(于),奉獻(xiàn)
變形:過(guò)去式: devoted; 現(xiàn)在分詞:devoting; 過(guò)去分詞:devoted;
devote可以用作動(dòng)詞
devote的基本意思是因特殊用處或目的而心甘情愿地獻(xiàn)出某物,即“把…奉獻(xiàn),把…專用于”,常表示由于如同起誓般緊迫的動(dòng)機(jī)而放棄和獻(xiàn)出。
devote是及物動(dòng)詞,常接時(shí)間、精力、生命等抽象名詞作賓語(yǔ),而“專用”和“奉獻(xiàn)”的對(duì)象則由介詞to引出。
表示“忠于”“致力于”“獻(xiàn)身于”時(shí)可用devote oneself to結(jié)構(gòu),也可用be devoted to結(jié)構(gòu)。
devote用作動(dòng)詞的用法例句
You must devote your attention to your work.你必須專心于工作。
After he graduated, he continued to devote himself to the research.畢業(yè)以后,他繼續(xù)潛心于這項(xiàng)研究。
He devoted himself entirely to music.他將一生奉獻(xiàn)給了音樂(lè)。
1、Faculty members devote most of their time to scholarly research.
全院教師大部分時(shí)間都用來(lái)從事學(xué)術(shù)研究。
2、She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.
她已經(jīng)開(kāi)始將精力從表演轉(zhuǎn)移到教學(xué)中。
3、She forsook her worldly possessions to devote herself to the church.
她拋棄世上的財(cái)物而獻(xiàn)身教會(huì).
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