单词 | rededicate |
释义 | rededicate (once / 47468 pages) v When you rededicate, you commit yourself to some project or idea once again. After years of not studying Spanish, you could decide to rededicate yourself to becoming truly fluent before your trip to Barcelona. You can rededicate your life to doing good works — in other words, devote yourself to charity again after taking some time off. Your friend who had given up on her yoga practice after pulling a muscle might decide to rededicate herself to doing yoga every day and finally being able to stand on her head. When you dedicate, you devote — add the "again" prefix re- and you do it again. WORD FAMILYrededicate: rededicated, rededicates, rededicating, rededication+/dedicate: dedicated, dedicates, dedicating, dedication, rededicate/dedicated: dedicatedly, undedicated/dedication: dedications/rededication: rededications USAGE EXAMPLESOnce back in control, the victors were able to clean up and rededicate the Temple in Jerusalem. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) “Now more than ever we must rededicate ourselves to solving the climate crisis,” Mr. Gore said in a Friday statement. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) I am rededicating myself to stop my parsimonious pity parties. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) v dedicate anew They were asked to rededicate themselves to their country Hyper commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, give give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
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