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单词 devote
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de.vote obj to obj
HdI5vEJt, $-5voJt
v prep [T]
to give (your time or your effort or your love) wholly to (something you believe in or a person), or to use (a particular amount of time or energy) doing (something)
献身于,致力于
The Cabinet minister left government to devote more time to his young family.
内阁大臣离开了政府,好把更多的时间奉献给他建立时间不长的家庭。
She has devoted all her energies/life to the care of homeless people.
她把所有的精力/毕生用于照顾无家可归的人们。
At the age of 25 he decided to devote himself to God.
25岁时,他决定献身于上帝。
Over half his speech was devoted to the issue of unemployment.
他的演说用了大半时间讲失业问题。
Three whole pages of today's paper are devoted to reporting yesterday's bomb explosion. [+ obj + v-ing]
今天的报纸用3个整版专门报道昨天的炸弹爆炸事件。
The report recommends that more resources be devoted to (= used for) teaching. [+ obj + v-ing]
该报道建议把更多的财力投入教学。

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