devotes

英 [dɪˈvəʊts]

美 [dɪˈvoʊts]

v.  献(身); 奉献，投入(时间、精力等); 将(文章或讲话的某一部分)专用(于)
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 献（身）；奉献，投入(时间、精力等)
  If youdevoteyourself, your time, or your energytosomething, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
  1. He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation...
     他决定将自己的余生献给科学研究事业。
  2. Considerable resources have been devoted to proving him a liar...
     为了证明他是个骗子已投入了相当多的人力和财力。
  3. She gladly gave up her part-time job to devote herself entirely to her art.
     她欣然辞去了兼职工作，全身心地投入到她的艺术中去。
• VERB 将(文章或讲话的某一部分)专用（于）
  If youdevotea particular proportion of a piece of writing or a speechtoa particular subject, you deal with the subject in that amount of space or time.
  1. He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of US aircraft design...
     在他的长篇报告中，他用了很大的篇幅来分析美国飞机的设计。
  2. Page upon page is devoted to the chain of events leading to the Prime Minister's resignation.
     一页又一页的篇幅都用来描述导致首相辞职的一连串事件。

双语例句

• This time around he devotes four paragraphs to the case for stocks.
  而这一次他只用了四段话谈股票投资。
• The policeman devotes his life to the people in the fight today.
  在今天的战斗中警察把他的生命献给了人民。
• Life Confucianism devotes itself to the rebuilding of Confucian metaphysics.
  生活儒学致力于儒家形而上学在生活本源上的重建。
• The company also devotes to brush manufacture, with production of each kind and specifications of tin brush;
  公司同时致力于毛刷制造，生产各种规格和各种用途的铁皮刷；
• This is an honor, even if I have not attained this prize, I still longed for that devotes Philippine police the enterprise.
  这是一个荣誉，即便我没拿到这个奖，我仍渴望献身菲律宾警察事业。
• She devotes a chapter to discussing six: philosophy, English, history, anthropology, political science, and economics.
  她花费一章的篇幅讨论了六个学科：哲学、英语、历史、人类学、政治学和经济学。
• He devotes a lot of time to his hobbies.
  他在业务爱好上花了好多时间。
• He devotes all his life in serving people.
  他把他的一生献给了为人民服务（的事业）。
• The author devotes the first three chapters to the subject.
  作者用前三章阐述这个问题。
• He devotes some time to philanthropy, including chairing a taskforce at Harvard on financial aid.
  他抽出一些时间从事慈善活动，包括在哈佛大学领导一个助学金工作组。