習慣用語
devote 指“決心將全部身心、活動、精力等獻出”
devote to把...獻給;
devote oneself to 致力於, 獻身於; 專心於
例句
1.He devoted his life to lite rature.
他專心致志於文學。
2.He has devoted his whole life to benefiting mankind.
他為全人類的利益獻出了自己的一生。
3.We shoulddevoteourselvesassiduouslyandfaithfullytothedutiesofourprofession.
我們應當勤奮地而且忠誠地獻身於我們的職責。
4.They devote their lives to caring for the sick.
他們投身於對病人的護理中。
5.Do not devote too much time to games.
不要浪費太多的時間玩遊戲。
6.Eade is right to devote several pages to this strange figure.
eade對這個奇怪的人做了些貢獻是正確的。
7.They continue to devote scarce aid dollars to the microlenders that need them least.
他們繼續將本已稀缺的捐贈資金奉獻給最不需要資金的小額信貸機構。
8.She is ending her relationship with a big network, cbs, in order to devote herself to an ambitious new venture, a cable-television channel to be called the oprah winfrey network, or own, which she plans to launch in january 2011 as a joint-venture with discovery communications.
她正在結束與大網路cbs的合作，是為了讓自己致身於抱負遠大的新的嘗試，被稱為奧普萊.溫芙蕾網路的有限電視頻道，或own，這是她計畫於2011年公布和“發現探索公司”合資的一覽節目。
9.The majority of the population must feel they are citizens and be ready to devote attention, time and effort to participating in the process of government.
大眾的絕大多人必須認識到他們公民的身份並且已經準備好奉獻出注意力，時間和努力來參與政府管理的進程。
10.Do not underestimate the diaspora's willingness to devote time and financial resources to assist the fulfillment of the revolution's objectives.
不要低估離散猶太人為了幫助實現革命目標而貢獻時間和財力的意願。
