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dedicate verb
⇨ devote devote verb devote ♦︎ dedicate ♦︎ commit ♦︎ give sth over to sthThese words all mean to give a lot of your time and effort to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important. 这些词均表示将时间和精力投放在认为重要的事情上。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to devote sth / dedicate sth / commit sth / give sth over to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate yourself to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / commit / give over your life / time to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / commit (your) resources / funds to sb / sth◆to devote / dedicate / give over (a) space / page / chapter / section◆to devote / dedicate your effort / energy◆to devote / give over your attention / thoughts◆to entirely / mainly devote / dedicate sth / yourself to sb / sth◆to exclusively / solely / specifically devote sth / yourself / dedicate sth / yourself / give sth over to sb / sth■ devote [transitive] (rather formal) to give a lot of your time, effort, attention or resources to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important. 献身于；致力于；专注于◆I could only devote two hours a day to work on the project.我一天只能抽出两个小时做这个项目。◆He devoted all his attention to his mother.他全心全意关心妈妈。◆Most companies devote resources to quality control and product testing.大多数公司都把资源投放在质量管理和产品测试上。 see also devotee ⇨ fan ▸ devotion / /dɪˈvəʊʃn; NAmE dɪˈvoʊʃn/ noun [uncountable, singular] ◆ (approving) Her devotion to the job left her with very little free time.她全身心投入工作，几乎没有闲暇。◆The judge praised the firefighters for their courage and devotion to duty.法官赞扬消防队员勇敢尽职。 see also devotion ⇨ love noun 2 ■ dedicate /ˈdedɪkeɪt/ / [transitive] (rather formal, usually approving) to give a lot of your time, effort or resources to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important 献身于；致力于◆She dedicates herself to her work.她献身于自己的工作。◆He dedicated his life to helping the poor.他毕生致力于帮助穷人。 see also dedicated ⇨ reliable 1 ▸ dedication noun [uncountable] ◆ (approving) I really admire Gina for her dedication to her family.我真钦佩吉娜为家庭所作的奉献。◆The job requires total dedication.这项工作需要全身心的投入。NOTE 辨析 Devote or dedicate?There is little difference in meaning between these words. Dedicate is usually used in an approving way; devote can be either approving or neutral (= neither approving nor disapproving), although the nouns devotion and dedication are both approving. Devote can be used with a slightly larger range of nouns, including thoughts and attention. 这两个词含义几乎没有差别。dedicate通常用于褒义，devote既可用于褒义，也可用于中性意义，尽管两者的派生名词devotion和dedication都含褒义。devote搭配的名词范围略广，包括thoughts和attention◆He dedicated all his attention to his mother. By far the most frequent collocates of dedicate are yourself and your life. * dedicate最常见的搭配词是oneself和sb's life。 ■ commit (-tt-) [transitive] (rather formal) to spend money or time on sb/sth 投入（资金）；花费（时间）◆The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects.市政委员会在住房工程上投入了大量资金。 see also committed ⇨ reliable 1 ▸ commitment noun [uncountable] ◆ (approving) He was best known for his lifelong commitment to the socialist cause.他以毕生献身社会主义事业而著称。◆I was saddened to see their lack of commitment.看到他们缺乏奉献精神，我很痛心。■ ˌgive sth ˈover to sth phrasal verb (gave, given) [usually passive] to use sth for one particular purpose 把⋯专用于（某种目的）◆This gallery is given over to British art.这个陈列室专用于陈列英国艺术品。 |