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 sincerely hope to join you in devoting myself to the development of your company.
  留学解答资讯网：我真心希望加入贵公司，竭尽我所能为贵公司的发展出一份力量。
• Italy-China Foundation is an organization devoting to enhancing the exchanges between the two countries and the people.
  意中基金会一直致力于推进两国间的自由交流，通过各种活动，增进了两国间人员和文化的交流。
• Likewise, less time is spent pursuing activities that one enjoys and devoting on personal and spiritual growth.
  同样，花费在从事自己喜欢的活动以及用于个人自我发展和情操陶冶的时间也更少。
• He has been devoting his whole life to benefiting mankind.
  他把自己的一生贡献给了造福人类的事业。
• For decades, Qianyi has been devoting herself to developing high efficient and low cost techniques for wastewater treatment.
  钱易院士数十年来致力于研究开发适合我国国情的高效、低耗废水处理新技术；
• You are right, I'm devoting my mind to the cinema and audience.
  说得对，我把我的思想奉献给电影和观众。
• 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。
• Demands of the consumers have become our aim, pursuing excellence and devoting our sincerity.
  消费者的需求，是我们的目标，追求卓越，奉献真诚。
• 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。
• Devoting full strength and concentrated attention to.
  投入了所有的力气且集中注意力的。