devote
英[dɪ'vəʊt]
美[dɪ'vot]
- vt. 致力于；奉献
词态变化
第三人称单数: devotes;过去式: devoted;过去分词: devoted;现在分词: devoting;
中文词源
devote 虔诚
de-, 强调，整个的。-vot, 说，发愿，词源同vow, vote,voice. 引申义发下宏愿的，虔诚的。
英文词源
- devote (v.)
- 1580s, from Latin devotus, past participle of devovere (see devotion). Second and third meanings in Johnson's Dictionary (1755) are "to addict, to give up to ill" and "to curse, to execrate; to doom to destruction." Related: Devoted; devoting.
双语例句
- 1. Faculty members devote most of their time to scholarly research.
- 全院教师大部分时间都用来从事学术研究。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.
- 她已经开始将精力从表演转移到教学中。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She forsook her worldly possessions to devote herself to the church.
- 她抛弃世上的财物而献身教会.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. After her marriage, she couldn't devote herself totally to her music.
- 她结婚之后无法全力倾注于音乐.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He is determined to devote his life to science.
- 他决心把毕生精力贡献给科学事业.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》