ded·i·cate
verb/ˈdedɪkeɪt/
/ˈdedɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dedicate | /ˈdedɪkeɪt/ /ˈdedɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it dedicates | /ˈdedɪkeɪts/ /ˈdedɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple dedicated | /ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle dedicated | /ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form dedicating | /ˈdedɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdedɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to give a lot of your time and effort to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important
献身；把（时间、努力等）奉献给 - dedicate yourself/something to something She dedicates herself to her work.
她献身于自己的工作。 - dedicate yourself/something to doing something He dedicated his life to helping the poor.
他毕生致力于帮助穷人。
- dedicate yourself/something to something She dedicates herself to her work.
- dedicate something to somebody to say at the beginning of a book, a piece of music or a performance, or when receiving an award, that you are doing it for somebody, as a way of thanking them or showing respect
把（书、音乐作品、演出、所获奖项等）献给 - This book is dedicated to my parents.
谨以此书献给我的父母。 - I want to dedicate this award to my first music teacher, Ben Gould.
我想把这个奖项献给我的第一位音乐老师本·古尔德。
- This book is dedicated to my parents.
- to hold an official ceremony to say that a building or an object has a special purpose or is special to the memory of a particular person
为…举行奉献典礼；为（建筑物等）举行落成典礼 - dedicate something The chapel was dedicated in 1880.
这座小教堂于 1880 年举行献堂典礼。 - dedicate something to somebody/something A memorial stone was dedicated to those who were killed in the war.
为阵亡将士纪念碑举行了落成典礼。
- dedicate something The chapel was dedicated in 1880.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘devote to sacred use by solemn rites’): from Latin dedicat- ‘devoted, consecrated’, from the verb dedicare.