devote

Word family  noun devotion adjective devoted verb devote adverb devotedly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·vote /dɪˈvəʊt $ -ˈvoʊt/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive]  1  DO something/TAKE ACTIONto use all or most of your time, effort etc in order to do something or help someone 致力，献身，倾注 SYN dedicatedevote your time/energy/attention etc to something He devoted his energies to writing films. 他致力于电影剧本的创作。devote yourself to something She devoted herself full-time to her business. 她把全部时间都倾注在生意上。 RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say put time/energy etc into something rather than devote time/energy etc to something: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 put time/energy etc into something ,而不说 devote time/energy etc to somethingHe put a lot of time into the project. 他在这个项目上投入了大量时间。2  to use a particular area, period of time, or amount of space for a specific purpose 把…用于devote something to something The meeting will be devoted to health and safety issues. 这次会议将专门讨论健康和安全问题。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

devote• He was right to devote a lot of attention to them.• He's decided to give up racing and devote all his time to his farm in Ireland.• Many schools devote almost a third of the allotted time for each lesson to these exercises.• He wanted a woman who could devote herself to a man, kids, family.• She was deciding to devote herself to supporting him as he leapt from one peak to another.• He would devote more time to her.• She intends to devote the next ten years to her charitable work.• Some will resign from big business and devote themselves to turning an idea or hobby into a business of their own.• At any output of films in excess of Q *;, society would be devoting too many resources to the film industry.• We shall look at it in some detail in this chapter, devoting two sections, 5.1 and 5.2, to it.devote your time/energy/attention etc to something• Giving our time and devoting our attention to what they say is therefore crucially important in the process of counselling.Origin devote (1500-1600) Latin devotus, past participle of devovere, from vovere “to promise”

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to effort all of your time, etc most use Corpus or

devote
de‧vote AC /dɪˈvəʊt $ -ˈvoʊt/ verb [transitive]1. to use all or most of your time, effort etc in order to do something or help someone
   SYN  dedicate
    devote your time/energy/attention etc to something
    He devoted his energies to writing films.
    devote yourself to something
    She devoted herself full-time to her business.
  REGISTER
    In everyday English, people usually say put time/energy etc into something rather than devote time/energy etc to something:
   ▪ He put a lot of time into the project.
2. to use a particular area, period of time, or amount of space for a specific purpose
    devote something to something
    The meeting will be devoted to health and safety issues.

🔑 de·vote AW BrE /dɪˈvəʊt/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈvoʊt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they devote BrE /dɪˈvəʊt/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈvoʊt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it devotes BrE /dɪˈvəʊts/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈvoʊts/ 🔊past simple devoted BrE /dɪˈvəʊtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈvoʊtɪd/ 🔊past participle devoted BrE /dɪˈvəʊtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈvoʊtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form devoting BrE /dɪˈvəʊtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈvoʊtɪŋ/ 🔊 ●deˈvote yourself to sb/sth 🔑to give most of your time, energy, attention, etc. to sb/sth 献身；致力；专心◆She devoted herself to her career. 她全力倾注于自己的事业。🔊🔊●deˈvote sth to sth 🔑to give an amount of time, attention, etc. to sth 把…用于◆I could only devote two hours a day to the work. 我一天只能在这个工作上花两个小时。🔊🔊