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单词 devote
释义
devote
(dɪvt )
Word forms: devotes , devoting , devoted
1. verb B2
If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation. [VERB noun + to]
Considerable resources have been devoted to proving him a liar. [VERB noun + to]
She gladly gave up her part-time job to devote herself entirely to her art. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + to]
Synonyms: dedicate, give, commit, apply  
2. verb B2
If you devote a particular proportion of a piece of writing or a speech to a particular subject, you deal with the subject in that amount of space or time.
He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of U.S. aircraft design. [VERB noun + to]
In her 900-page memoirs, only four pages are devoted to the arts. [VERB noun to noun]
Collocations:
devote a lifetime to
This has led her to devote her lifetime to service of humanity, particularly the deprived in the community.
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This artist has devoted a lifetime to the development of his style of art and produced many works of art.
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He has devoted a lifetime to acquiring the skills of a designer, sculptor, mechanic, automatist, animator, model-maker, painter and conceptualist.
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devote time
He will now devote time to charity work.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That idea had been around for a while but was too odd to devote the time to complete it.
The Sun (2016)
Indeed, many people's leisure time is devoted to competition and the pursuit of excellence in sporting activities of one sort or another.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
devoted entirely to
The pious owner came up with an ingenious solution: he created a temple on the top floor, devoted entirely to his beliefs.
Times, Sunday Times
If devoted entirely to cutting tax bills, this would amount to several hundred pounds for every eligible family.
Times, Sunday Times
And now it's just about everywhere via magazines devoted entirely to gossip and social networking sites.
The Sun
I have yet to see similar booklets devoted entirely to 'sell' recommendations.
Times, Sunday Times
One meeting was devoted entirely to teaspoons.
Times, Sunday Times
devoted exclusively to
Why not open a museum devoted exclusively to video art?
Times, Sunday Times
The main public area included five exhibit halls covering various geographic regions and another area that was devoted exclusively to amphibians.
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Ventures into the genre by writers who were not devoted exclusively to science fiction also added respectability.
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Sample sets are supplied by many suppliers, with a few devoted exclusively to theatre organs.
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The company therefore claims to be the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy.
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devoted primarily to
But at another recent gathering of conservatives, the exhibit tables were devoted primarily to the display of explicitly anti-environmental flyers, articles, and books.
Christianity Today
Vehicles in this set, distinctive for their red hulls, gray trim and neon-green canopies, are devoted primarily to mining out precious ores.
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He ran an artists' studio there as well; it was devoted primarily to the creation of altarpieces.
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About 62% or 96 of the buildings were devoted primarily to commercial use, while 28% or 43 were residential.
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In these provinces were devoted primarily to agricultural tasks.
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devoted solely to
None of the previous 300 encyclicals has been devoted solely to eco-issues.
Times, Sunday Times
Literary agents devoted solely to acquiring film rights can score anything up to $1 million for a manuscript that has yet to prove itself as a novel, let alone a movie.
Times, Sunday Times
In fact, that seems to be the way branding companies, whether integrated or devoted solely to branding, would like potential employees to approach it.
Globe and Mail
Her aim was to set up an international research institute devoted solely to the study of neurosciences.
Times, Sunday Times
The first and second semesters of this programme contains the course work while the third and fourth semesters are devoted solely to thesis work.
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gallery devoted to
Thus, a large gallery devoted to his paintings features work from the 1960s to now.
Times, Sunday Times
Apart from the small gallery devoted to his portraits, these attempted groupings barely succeed.
Times, Sunday Times
There are also works downstairs, a gallery devoted to frames, and a digital gallery.
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section devoted to
Institutions that require experiential learning usually have a specific section devoted to assisting students in finding work placement.
ST
There's even a section devoted to using up leftover pulp.
The Sun
But this arrangement has most impact in the section devoted to exhibition pictures.
The Times Literary Supplement
Despite their diminutive size, two of the most enthralling objects in the section devoted to his early work are pocket sketchbooks that he used as a young artist.
The Times Literary Supplement
Twenty years ago many branches had a section devoted to dealing in stocks and shares, and the manager, or the head of securities, would be able to give advice.
Times, Sunday Times
space devoted to
You're also paying for all the time, energy and space devoted to a cask that may have been ageing for as long as you.
Times, Sunday Times
Most of that will be extensions on ten existing stores as the group steps up the amount of space devoted to non-food merchandise.
Times, Sunday Times
Both books, in fact, would have been better if they had allowed analysis to take some of the space devoted to summary.
The Times Literary Supplement
And with mandatory highlights shows, the amount of space devoted to international football would grow and, with it interest in something other than the club game.
Times, Sunday Times
It has an entire gallery space devoted to installation art.
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website devoted to
Teachers can download backing tracks to popular songs from a new website devoted to musical education, which pupils will sing along to in class.
Times, Sunday Times
You can find a website devoted to the fetishistic worship of her feet, but no reliable indication of her age.
Times, Sunday Times
He still has a large following, with a fanclub and website devoted to him.
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A website devoted to his work was called an abomination.
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In 2007, he launched, a website devoted to comic-book circulation history and research.
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Translations:
Chinese: 把…奉献给
Japanese: ささげる
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