de.vote
v.tr.(及物动词)
de.vot.ed,de.vot.ing,de.votes
To give or apply (one`s time, attention, or self) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or person.
奉献:将(某人的时间、精力或自己)完全奉献给某项特别的活动、事业、目标或某个人
To set apart for a specific purpose or use:
作…专用:为一个特定的目的或用途而拨出:
例句:
land devoted to mining.
土地留做采矿用
To set apart by or as if by a vow or solemn act; consecrate:
贡献:通过或似乎通过立誓或隆重的行为贡献;奉献:
例句:
a temple devoted to Apollo.
一座奉献给阿波罗的庙宇
来源:
Latin dôvovôre dôvôt- [to vow]
拉丁语 dôvovôre dôvôt- [发誓]
dô- [de-]
dô- [前缀,表.转移.]
vovôre [to vow]
vovôre [发誓]
【引伸】
devote.ment
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>devote,dedicate,consecrate,pledgeThese verbs are compared as they mean .to give to a particular end and especially to a higher purpose..
这些动词在表示.奉献给某个特别的目的,尤指高尚的目标的意思.时是可比的。
Devote implies faithfulness and loyalty:
Devote 意指忠诚和忠心:
例句:
Nurses devote themselves to the care of the sick.
护士致力于病人的护理事业。
Dedicate connotes a solemn, often formal commitment:
Dedicate 意味着一个誓言,通常为正式的许诺:
例句:
.To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have. (Woodrow Wilson).
.为了完成这个任务,我们可以贡献我们的生命和财产,我们就是一切,我们拥有一切. (伍德罗·威尔逊)。
Consecrate suggests sacred commitment:
Consecrate 表示神圣的行为:
例句:
His entire life is consecrated to science. To
他毕生的精力都献给了科学事业。
pledge is to back a personal commitment by a solemn promise:
Pledge 通过一个誓言而落实到个人行动上:
例句:
.I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
.我向你们,向我自己发誓,保证美国人民的新政策. (富兰克林·D·罗斯福)