devoting

英 [dɪˈvəʊtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈvoʊtɪŋ]

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)
devote的现在分词

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

• Devoting all my attention to hearing.
  集中我全部的注意力在听力上。
• I sincerely hope to join you in devoting myself to the development of your company.
  留学解答资讯网：我真心希望加入贵公司，竭尽我所能为贵公司的发展出一份力量。
• Likewise, less time is spent pursuing activities that one enjoys and devoting on personal and spiritual growth.
  同样，花费在从事自己喜欢的活动以及用于个人自我发展和情操陶冶的时间也更少。
• Someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work.
  在度假中的人；把时间花在乐趣和娱乐上而不是花在工作上的人。
• Start with something small and work your way up to devoting more and more time to your project.
  开始与一些小国和工作的方式行动投入更多的时间您的项目。
• I'm devoting all my time and energy to caring for my son right now.
  目前我把所有的时间和精力都放在照顾儿子上。
• It is about a robot falling in love with a human and devoting himself for their love.
  如果你去看电影，我推荐《机器侠》，写的是一个机器人爱上人类，为爱情奋不顾身的故事。
• A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.
  居住在修道院并且潜心沉思、祈祷和干活的男修道士。
• You are right, I'm devoting my mind to the cinema and audience.
  说得对，我把我的思想奉献给电影和观众。
• My work is about devoting attentiveness to the everyday.
  我的作品就是关注日常琐碎的事物。