devote
英[d?'v??t]
美[d?'vot]
- vt. 致力于；奉獻
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?devotes;過去式:?devoted;過去分詞:?devoted;現在分詞:?devoting;
中文詞源
devote 虔誠
de-, 強調，整個的。-vot, 說，發愿，詞源同vow, vote,voice. 引申義發下宏愿的，虔誠的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Faculty members devote most of their time to scholarly research.
- 全院教師大部分時間都用來從事學術研究。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.
- 她已經開始將精力從表演轉移到教學中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She forsook her worldly possessions to devote herself to the church.
- 她拋棄世上的財物而獻身教會.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. After her marriage, she couldn't devote herself totally to her music.
- 她結婚之后無法全力傾注于音樂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He is determined to devote his life to science.
- 他決心把畢生精力貢獻給科學事業.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》