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

• She devotes a lot of time to her hobbies.
  她在爱好上花了很多时间。
• 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。
• This paper devotes to the study of developmental strategy of HB Company.
  本文致力于HB公司发展战略的研究。
• 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 novel devotes two chapters to describing the main characters.
  这本小说用了两个章节来专门描述其中的主要人物。
• 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。
• The 39-year-old mother of two is terrified of needles and devotes her time to her family.
  这位39岁、两个孩子的母亲害怕见针，她把全部时间都奉献给了家人。
• 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。
• Then he devotes the whole day to catering to my every whim and desire.
  然后他一整天都会迎合我每一个突发奇想和要求。
• He devotes his time to the acquisition of knowledge.
  他把时间都花在求知上。