中英互译
devote
英 /dɪˈvəʊt/美 /dɪˈvoʊt/
基本释义
- v.献身,致力;用于
第三人称单数devotes
现在分词devoting
过去式devoted
过去分词devoted
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词语例句
献身,致力vt.
六级He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation.
他决定把余生奉献给科学研究。
Muir's learning in observation throughout his life led him to devote his last years to preserving the natural environment.
缪尔一生都在观察中学习,这使他在生命的最后几年致力于保护自然环境。
用于vt.
六级四级He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of U.S. aircraft design.
他在那份厚重的报告中用一个主要章节分析了美国的飞机设计。
If you worried you won't have enough time to devote to academic subjects, consider working as a study hall or library monitor.
如果你担心自己没有足够的时间来完成课业,那么你可以考虑去当自习室或图书馆的管理员。
This refers to all the attention young people devote to their phones, tablets and laptops.
这反映了年轻人对手机、平板电脑和笔记本电脑所投入的关注。
- The original intention was to devote three months to the project.最初的计划是在这个项目上投入三个月的时间。来自《牛津词典》
- It can't be denied that we need to devote more resources to this problem.无可否认,我们必须投入更多的资源来解决这个问题。来自《牛津词典》
- We devote several days to the exploration of the magnificent Maya sites of Copan.我们投入了几天时间在科潘宏伟的玛雅遗址考察。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- a devoted son/friend/fan孝子/忠诚的朋友/狂热的崇拜者
- devote oneself to致力于……
- be devoted to sb./sth.专心于/致力于……
- devote sth. to sth./sb.献身,致力于
- devote sth. to sth.把……用于……
- devote to致力于;奉献;献身于;投身于
- devote oneself to献身于;致力于;投身于;专心于
- Saint Devote圣;德沃特
- devote-dedicate投身;致力
- devote one's attention to专心于;注意;重视;对
词语扩展
vt.
英英释义
- v.give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- v.dedicate
- v.set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
短语
- 全身心投入某事;致力于某事to spend all or most of your time or energy on somethingHe devoted the rest of his life to science.他把余生投入到科学工作中。
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。
- devote将...奉献(给),把...专用于,致力于词根词缀: de-离开 + -vot-发誓,渴望 + -e动词词尾