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

• 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。
• He is currently single, devoting his time and energy to his leading role in prison break.
  他目前单身，奉献自己的时间和精力，他带领监狱休息。
• Universities such as Duke in North Carolina and Rice in Houston are devoting more money to scholarships.
  加利福尼亚州北部的杜克（Duke）大学和休斯敦的莱斯（Rice）大学等均增加了奖学金的投入。
• He will be devoting more time to writing, broadcasting and lecturing
  他将把更多时间用于写作、广播和作讲座。
• He was amazed at how quickly things changed when he started devoting more time and energy to her.
  他很惊奇当他开始对她多付出时间和精力时，事情会改变得那么快。
• Devoting all my attention to hearing.
  集中我全部的注意力在听力上。
• 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。
• 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。
• This year, Peng has been devoting himself to making movies.
  今年，彭于晏一直投身于电影事业。但是他出演的角色与以往有所不同。
• He is devoting much of his energy to implanting an element of distrust in the community.
  他竭力在社区内撒播猜疑的种子。