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 am also fond of drawing and calligraphy, devoting a majority of spare time to them.
  绘画，书法是我的最大爱好，也是我在业余时间投入精力最多的。
• 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。
• Someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work.
  在度假中的人；把时间花在乐趣和娱乐上而不是花在工作上的人。
• 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。
• He will be devoting more time to writing, broadcasting and lecturing
  他将把更多时间用于写作、广播和作讲座。
• Most students are making full use of their time and devoting themselves to their studies.
  大多数的门生充分利用时候，全身心投入到学习中去。
• It is about a robot falling in love with a human and devoting himself for their love.
  如果你去看电影，我推荐《机器侠》，写的是一个机器人爱上人类，为爱情奋不顾身的故事。
• But early success often comes with the cost of devoting your childhood to hard work rather than play.
  但过早的成功往往伴随着把童年奉献给辛苦工作、而不是玩耍的代价。
• 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。
• Devoting full strength and concentrated attention to.
  投入了所有的力气且集中注意力的。