devote
发音
英 [dɪˈvəʊt]
美 [dɪˈvoʊt]
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- vt.
- 把…奉献(给),把…专用(于)
- 奉献
单词词源
devote 虔诚
de-, 强调,整个的。-vot, 说,发愿,词源同vow, vote,voice. 引申义发下宏愿的,虔诚的。
双语例句
- 1. Eade is right to devote several pages to this strange figure .
- eade对这个奇怪的人做了些贡献是正确的。
- 2. Did you devote your life to serving others ?
- 你是否奉献生命于服事别人?
- 3. That could undercut the ipad app by reducing the incentive to devote resources to it .
- 这样就减少了贡献资源的激励,不能发挥ipad应用程序的作用。
- 4. European women devote twice as much time as men to domestic tasks , according to mckinsey .
- 据麦肯锡称,欧洲女性贡献在家庭事务中的时间是男性的两倍之多。
- 5. They continue to devote scarce aid dollars to the microlenders that need them least .
- 他们继续将本已稀缺的捐赠资金奉献给最不需要资金的小额信贷机构。