"She committed herself to the work of God"
"give one's talents to a good cause"
"consecrate your life to the church"
"give thought to"
"give priority to"
"pay attention to"
"this land was devoted to mining"
1.献(身);奉献,投入(时间、精力等)
If youdevote yourself, your time, or your energyto something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
e.g. He decided todevote the rest of his life to scientific investigation...
他决定将自己的余生献给科学研究事业。
e.g. Considerable resources have been devoted to proving him a liar...
为了证明他是个骗子已投入了相当多的人力和财力。
2.将(文章或讲话的某一部分)专用(于)
If youdevote a particular proportion of a piece of writing or a speechto a particular subject, you deal with the subject in that amount of space or time.
e.g. He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of US aircraft design...
在他的长篇报告中,他用了很大的篇幅来分析美国飞机的设计。
e.g. Page upon page is devoted to the chain of events leading to the Prime Minister's resignation.
一页又一页的篇幅都用来描述导致首相辞职的一连串事件。
1. 贡献:在里面,弟弟用脚(leg)吃饭(ate)来代表(delegate)他的不满,立即(lic)他就可以吃(ate)得很精致(delicate)了,他还投票(vote)说要做贡献(devote),然后他就被释放了.
2. 献身:Fourney则称赞笔者有献身(devote)精神,同时也心存疑虑地指出:你似乎( Seem)解决了刀具不坏的难题. 刀具不坏,难度之大由此可见一斑. 然而1989年初笔者在某花岗石矿点技术转让中,一对刻槽刀使用了一个星期,累计进尺早已超过60m,
3. 奉献:devious 不正直,有偏差的 |devote 奉献 | devout 忠诚,虔诚的
4. 献身.专心于:selfless无私的.忘我的 |devote献身.专心于 | republic 共和国.共和政体