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devote

Word family 
de·vote /dɪˈvəʊt $ -ˈvoʊt/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitiveT]  
1  DO something/TAKE ACTIONto use all or most of your time, effort etc in order to do something or help someone 致力，献身，倾注 SYN dedicate
devote your time/energy/attention etc to something
 He devoted his energies to writing films.
他致力于电影剧本的创作。
devote yourself to something
 She devoted herself full-time to her business.
她把全部时间都倾注在生意上。
 Register
In everyday English, people usually say put time/energy etc into something rather than devote time/energy etc to something: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 put time/energy etc into something ,而不说 devote time/energy etc to something
He put a lot of time into the project.
他在这个项目上投入了大量时间。
2  to use a particular area, period of time, or amount of space for a specific purpose 把…用于
devote something to something
 The meeting will be devoted to health and safety issues.
这次会议将专门讨论健康和安全问题。
Examples from the Corpus
devote• He was right to devote a lot of attention to them.• He's decided to give up racing and devote all his time to his farm in Ireland.• Many schools devote almost a third of the allotted time for each lesson to these exercises.• He wanted a woman who could devote herself to a man, kids, family.• She was deciding to devote herself to supporting him as he leapt from one peak to another.• He would devote more time to her.• She intends to devote the next ten years to her charitable work.• Some will resign from big business and devote themselves to turning an idea or hobby into a business of their own.• At any output of films in excess of Q *;, society would be devoting too many resources to the film industry.• We shall look at it in some detail in this chapter, devoting two sections, 5.1 and 5.2, to it.
devote your time/energy/attention etc to something• Giving our time and devoting our attention to what they say is therefore crucially important in the process of counselling.
Origin devote
(1500-1600) Latin devotus, past participle of devovere, from vovere “to promise”
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3407 COCA: 3225
devote

verb

 ●devote sth/yourself to sthADVERB➤entirely, exclusively, solely, specifically使⋯完全投入於；專心致志於；只專注於；特別投入於◇She devoted herself entirely to writing.她全身心投入寫作。➤mainly使⋯主要致力於
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3407 COCA: 3225
devote

verb

devote ♦︎ dedicate ♦︎ commit ♦︎ give sth over to sthThese words all mean to give a lot of your time and effort to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important. 这些词均表示将时间和精力投放在认为重要的事情上。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to devote sth / dedicate sth / commit sth / give sth over to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate yourself to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / commit / give over your life / time to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / commit (your) resources / funds to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / give over (a) space / page / chapter / section◆to devote / dedicate your effort / energy◆to devote / give over your attention / thoughts◆to entirely / mainly devote / dedicate sth / yourself to sb / sth◆to exclusively / solely / specifically devote sth / yourself / dedicate sth / yourself / give sth over to sb / sth■ devote [transitive] (rather formal) to give a lot of your time, effort, attention or resources to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important. 献身于；致力于；专注于◆I could only devote two hours a day to work on the project.我一天只能抽出两个小时做这个项目。◆He devoted all his attention to his mother.他全心全意关心妈妈。◆Most companies devote resources to quality control and product testing.大多数公司都把资源投放在质量管理和产品测试上。  see also devotee ⇨ fan ▸ devotion dɪˈvəʊʃn; NAmE dɪˈvoʊʃn

noun

 [uncountable, singular] ◆ (approving) Her devotion to the job left her with very little free time.她全身心投入工作，几乎没有闲暇。◆The judge praised the firefighters for their courage and devotion to duty.法官赞扬消防队员勇敢尽职。   see also devotion ⇨ love noun 2 ■ dedicate ˈdedɪkeɪt [transitive] (rather formal, usually approving) to give a lot of your time, effort or resources to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important 献身于；致力于◆She dedicates herself to her work.她献身于自己的工作。◆He dedicated his life to helping the poor.他毕生致力于帮助穷人。   see also dedicated ⇨ reliable 1 ▸ dedication

noun

 [uncountable] ◆ (approving) I really admire Gina for her dedication to her family.我真钦佩吉娜为家庭所作的奉献。◆The job requires total dedication.这项工作需要全身心的投入。NOTE 辨析 Devote or dedicate?There is little difference in meaning between these words. Dedicate is usually used in an approving way; devote can be either approving or neutral (= neither approving nor disapproving), although the nouns devotion and dedication are both approving. Devote can be used with a slightly larger range of nouns, including thoughts and attention. 这两个词含义几乎没有差别。dedicate通常用于褒义，devote既可用于褒义，也可用于中性意义，尽管两者的派生名词devotion和dedication都含褒义。devote搭配的名词范围略广，包括thoughts和attention◆He dedicated all his attention to his mother. By far the most frequent collocates of dedicate are yourself and your life. * dedicate最常见的搭配词是oneself和sb's life。 ■ commit (-tt-) [transitive] (rather formal) to spend money or time on sb/sth 投入（资金）；花费（时间）◆The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects.市政委员会在住房工程上投入了大量资金。   see also committed ⇨ reliable 1 ▸ commitment

noun

 [uncountable] ◆ (approving) He was best known for his lifelong commitment to the socialist cause.他以毕生献身社会主义事业而著称。◆I was saddened to see their lack of commitment.看到他们缺乏奉献精神，我很痛心。■ ˌgive sth ˈover to sth

phrasal verb

(gave, given) [usually passive] to use sth for one particular purpose 把⋯专用于（某种目的）◆This gallery is given over to British art.这个陈列室专用于陈列英国艺术品。
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