dedication
/ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the quality of being dedicated or committed to a task or purpose奉献, 全身心的投入：
his dedication to his duties.
他对自己职责的全身心投入。
2
- the action of dedicating a church or other building to a deity or saint（某一教堂或其他建筑的）供奉典礼（或仪式）：
the dedication of a new city church.
新的市教堂的供奉。
2.1
- count noun an inscription dedicating a building in this way铭文。
2.2
- count noun the words with which a book or other artistic work is dedicated题献, 题辞。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin dedicatio（n-）, from dedicare 'devote， consecrate' （see DEDICATE）.