devotes

英 [dɪˈvəʊts]

美 [dɪˈvoʊts]

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)
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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

• Then he devotes the whole day to catering to my every whim and desire.
  然后他一整天都会迎合我每一个突发奇想和要求。
• He devotes all his life in serving people.
  他把他的一生献给了为人民服务（的事业）。
• It also devotes itself to developing and investing broadband Internet based communications, entertainment and media services.
  并致力于开发创新并投资运营基于宽带互联网的通信、娱乐和传媒服务。
• He often devotes his time and energy to working on the farm.
  他常常把时间和精力用于农场的工作中。
• He sporadically devotes time to photo journalism, mainly in the magazines, Film a doba and Ateli é r.
  他偶尔用了新闻照片的时间主要在杂志，电影一科尔多瓦和画室。
• The policeman devotes his life to the people in the fight today.
  在今天的战斗中警察把他的生命献给了人民。
• The company also devotes to brush manufacture, with production of each kind and specifications of tin brush;
  公司同时致力于毛刷制造，生产各种规格和各种用途的铁皮刷；
• Sang Lan devotes all her energy, time and money to helping the disabled.
  桑兰奉献出所有的精力、时间和钱来帮助残疾人。
• The author devotes the first three chapters to the subject.
  作者用前三章阐述这个问题。
• Only one book ( Maciaszek) devotes twenty-three pages to use cases and employs them in case studies.
  只有一本书（Maciaszek）用了23页的篇幅讲授用例并将这些知识应用到实际的案例研究当中。