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

• He devotes his time to the acquisition of knowledge.
  他把时间都花在求知上。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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 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。
• He sporadically devotes time to photo journalism, mainly in the magazines, Film a doba and Ateli é r.
  他偶尔用了新闻照片的时间主要在杂志，电影一科尔多瓦和画室。
• The company devotes to technical research and development of new products.
  近年来，公司致力于碳纤维设备的研发，并取得巨大成功。
• She devotes a lot of time to her hobbies.
  她在爱好上花了很多时间。
• 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。