devote

1. VERB 献（身）；奉献，投入(时间、精力等)
   If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, 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。
2. VERB 将(文章或讲话的某一部分)专用（于）
   If you devote a particular proportion of a piece of writing or a speech to a 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。

1. It enabled students to devote more time to their studies, or to be more accurate, more time to relaxation.
   它可以让学生们有更多的时间来学习，或者更准确一点说，有更多的时间来放松自己。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing
   她已经开始将精力从表演转移到教学中。
8. Tom Banbury was preoccupied with the missing Shepherd child and did not want to devote time to the new murder
   汤姆·班伯里一心寻找谢泼德家失踪的孩子，不想花时间处理这起新的谋杀案。
9. Faculty members devote most of their time to scholarly research.
   全院教师大部分时间都用来从事学术研究。
10. You want a husband who is solid and stable, someone who will devote himself to you
    你要的是一个可靠而稳重的丈夫——一个全心全意对你的人。
11. I will devote all my life to the cause of education.
    我愿把毕生献给教育事业。
12. He is determined to devote his life to sicence.
    他决心把毕生精力贡献给科学事业。
13. You should devote your chief energies to your studies.
    你应该把主要精力用在学习上。
14. The scientific investigation team devote themselves to seeking for traces of primitive man.
    科考队一直致力于找寻原始人类的遗踪。
15. Instead, students should devote their time and energy to fully exploring their academic and career interests.
    取而代之，学生应该多花点时间和精力来全面发掘自己的学术和职业兴趣。
16. I feel it necessary to devote the time and love to helping the ones who are in trouble.
    我感到有必要贡献时间和爱心帮助处于困境中的人。
17. I love my motherland so much that I devote all my life to her.
    我非常热爱我的祖国，我愿意为她贡献我的一生。
18. We should devote a little bit more time and energy to the care of them.
    我们应该用多一点点的时间和精力用在照顾他们。
19. I would devote all my life to the child's welfare.
    我愿将我的一生贡献于儿童福利事业。
20. I don't think we should devote any more time to this question.
    我认为不应该在这个问题上再花时间了。
21. Embroidery was a good pastime to which they might devote their intelligence and passion.
    刺绣是一个很好的消遣和他们可能贡献自己的智慧和热情。
22. This is worth all the time and money I devote to learning and practice.
    从这点看，我花在学习和联系上的时间和金钱还是值得的。
23. It liberates time, now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness.
    在时间上自由了：现在我们可以集中更多时间从事那些能增进我们真正幸福的活动中去。
24. I will badger with you for a life time, I will devote all my life to loving you.
    我会与你缠绵一生，我将用我所有的生命爱你。
25. I will continue to devote my time and energy to helping my dream come true!
    我将继续奉献出我的时间和精力去达成我的梦想！
26. I devote to you.
    我是你的专有。
27. So now, having almost no burdens, I can devote myself more freely to writing.
    我现在简直没什么负担了，可以更自由地从事写作了。
28. We should pay closer attention and devote greater efforts to this.
    我们在这一方面，应该有进一步的注意和努力。
29. You accept responsibility and devote your energy to do whatever you can to improve matters.
    你承担起了责任，并会将精力投入到任何改善问题的行动中。
30. What we should do is to devote our time to pursuit for our future career and a meaningful life.
    我们应该将我们生面奉献于追求我们的事业和有意义的人生。

  dedicate consecrate devote【导航词义：奉献】

  dedicate v. 致力于，献身于

〔辨析〕较正式用词，通常指献身于崇高的事业或活动。

  consecrate v. 〈正式〉献身

〔辨析〕尤指为宗教而奉献、献身。

  devote v. 致力，献身

〔辨析〕指把生命、精力、时间等用于某一目标、事业等，常与介词 to 连用。

devote yourself to sb/sth

1. 献身；致力；专心
   to give most of your time, energy, attention, etc. to sb/sth
   
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