单词	devotion
释义	devotionde‧vo‧tion /dɪˈvəʊʃən $ -ˈvoʊ-/ ●○○ AWL noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Her life was one of hard work and devotion to her family. Mary expected complete devotion from her lovers. She cared for her stepmother with unfailing devotion throughout her long illness. She had given her husband years of devotion and support. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At Kemmendine, there were two experienced missionaries, men of outstanding ability, character and devotion. Florence was a frequent visitor ... and had many of her ideas adopted in Parliament through the devotion of her brother-in-law. Never think that I dismiss lightly the hard work and devotion that go into each small volume. Parker was applying Herbert Spencer's law of social evolution and the current devotion to organization to the denomination. She gave us unfailing devotion and became an essential part of our family. The constant outpourings of devotion from the Soviet people reached him through the media. Was there really no more to the pitch than this rhetorical protestation of devotion? Who was he to deserve this devotion, or deference or homage or passion or allowance? Thesaurus THESAURUS► love noun [uncountable] a feeling of liking someone very much and caring a lot about them – used about people in your family, or someone you feel sexually attracted to: · All children need love, attention, and encouragement.· We don’t need words to express our love for each other. ► affection noun [uncountable] a gentle feeling of love which makes you want to be kind to someone and show them that you love them – used especially about friends and members of your family: · My mother never showed us us any affection.· Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her. ► devotion noun [uncountable] very strong love for someone in which you want to give them a lot of attention and look after them – used especially about strong feelings of love for your wife, husband, children etc: · His recovery is largely due to the devotion of his wife and family ► passion noun [uncountable] a strong and exciting feeling of love for someone you are extremely sexually attracted to: · He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had.· There was no passion in their relationship. ► infatuation noun [countable, uncountable] a strong feeling of love for someone, in which you cannot stop thinking about them, and which seems silly because you do not know them very well: · She hoped that his ridiculous infatuation would soon wear off.· His infatuation with Diane seemed to be growing.· a childhood infatuation ► romance noun [uncountable] the feeling of loving someone and the nice things you do to show this – used about someone you are sexually attracted to: · The romance had gone out of their relationship.· In the UK, one in ten people have found romance over the Internet. ► crush noun [countable] a very strong feeling of love and sexual attraction for someone such as a teacher or a famous person, especially when there is no chance of you having a relationship with that person because you are much younger than them: · She had a teenage crush on one of her teachers.· I had a big crush on Tom Cruise when I was growing up.· a schoolgirl crush Longman Language Activatora feeling of love► love a feeling of love , either for someone that you are sexually attracted to, or for a member of your family: · All children need love, attention, and encouragement.love for: · She was never able to express her love for Henry.unrequited love (=romantic love that you feel for someone, but that they do not feel for you): · She nourishes a secret, unrequited love for Harry. ► affection a gentle feeling of love for a friend or member of your family, which makes you want to be kind to them and show them that you love them: · She never seemed to show us any affection.· children who have been starved of affectionaffection for: · Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her. ► devotion a strong feeling of loving and being loyal to someone, especially over a long period of time: · She had given her husband years of devotion and support.· Mary expected complete devotion from her lovers. ► passion a strong and exciting feeling of love for someone you are extremely sexually attracted to: · All the passion in their marriage has died.· He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had. ► infatuation unreasonably strong feelings of love that you have for only a short time, especially for someone that you do not know very well: · She hoped that his ridiculous infatuation would soon wear off.infatuation with/for: · His infatuation with Diane seemed to be growing. loyal behaviour► loyalty loyal behaviour: · I would like to thank you all for your loyalty.loyalty to: · He acted out of loyalty to his friends.your loyalty lies with somebody (=you should show loyalty to them): · Your loyalty lies first and foremost with your family.unswerving loyalty (=unchanging loyalty): · Dalton showed unswerving loyalty to his employer throughout the trial.divided loyalties (=feelings of loyalty to two different groups): · The war has created divided loyalties in many families, setting brother against brother and father against son. ► devotion loyalty to someone you have strong feelings of admiration, respect etc for: devotion to: · Her life was one of hard work and devotion to her family.unfailing/unswerving devotion (=unchanging devotion): · She cared for her stepmother with unfailing devotion throughout her long illness. ► allegiance formal loyalty to a leader, organization, or country, especially when someone says publicly that they will be loyal: · Their allegiance is still to the Queen.proclaim/pledge your allegiance to: · Opposition leaders have proclaimed their allegiance to the new government. ► solidarity loyalty between different social or political groups or between all the people in a group, because they all have a shared purpose and need to work together to succeed: show/express solidarity: · Women all over the world have been demonstrating to show their solidarity.solidarity among: · Solidarity among black people in South Africa is essential if progress is to be made.solidarity with: · Other health professionals were quick to express their solidarity with nurses. WORD SETS► Religion acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► devotion to duty  the soldier’s courage and devotion to duty COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► undying love/devotion/support etc  They declared their undying love for each other. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► great · Andrewes prayed with dust on his head, a rope Around his neck: in great calamity we exercise Great devotion. ► religious · I saw you two had your heads bowed and I was pretty sure it wasn't religious devotion.· The reverse also holds, that failure to live morally betrays and invalidates religious devotion unless there is genuine penitence.· Although her quest was not one of religious devotion her destination was the Church of Santa Maria. ► undying · One reader's St Valentine's Day post brought an interesting offer, but not of undying love and devotion.· Trading on the name and our undying devotion, Carlton have revived Crossroads.· He kept apologising to Nellie and swearing undying devotion to her.· Ken's undying devotion to this club should be applauded by players, directors and supporters alike. VERB► show · The crowd showed their noisy devotion. Word family WORD FAMILYnoundevotionadjectivedevotedverbdevoteadverbdevotedly 1[uncountable] the strong love that you show when you pay a lot of attention to someone or somethingdevotion to Alanna has always shown intense devotion to her children.2[uncountable] the loyalty that you show towards a person, job etc, especially by working hard → dedicationdevotion to the soldier’s courage and devotion to duty his integrity and devotion to his patients3[uncountable] strong religious feeling4devotions [plural] prayers and other religious acts
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