• vt. 致力于；奉獻

de-, 強調，整個的。-vot, 說，發愿，詞源同vow, vote,voice. 引申義發下宏愿的，虔誠的。

devote (v.)

1580s, from Latin devotus, past participle of devovere (see devotion). Second and third meanings in Johnson's Dictionary (1755) are "to addict, to give up to ill" and "to curse, to execrate; to doom to destruction." Related: Devoted; devoting.

1. Faculty members devote most of their time to scholarly research.

全院教師大部分時間都用來從事學術研究。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.

她已經開始將精力從表演轉移到教學中。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She forsook her worldly possessions to devote herself to the church.

她拋棄世上的財物而獻身教會.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. After her marriage, she couldn't devote herself totally to her music.

她結婚之后無法全力傾注于音樂.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He is determined to devote his life to science.

他決心把畢生精力貢獻給科學事業.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》