vt.致力于；奉献给；把...专用于

You must devote your attention to your work. 你必须专心于工作。

After he graduated, he continued to devote himself to the research. 毕业以后,他继续潜心于这项研究。

He devoted himself entirely to music. 他将一生奉献给了音乐。

He started to study ecology and decided to devote his whole life to the science. 他开始研究生态学,并决心将他的一生献身于这门学科。

He devoted a great sum of money to books. 他们花了一大笔钱买书。

devote的基本意思是因特殊用处或目的而心甘情愿地献出某物,即“把…奉献,把…专用于”,常表示由于如同起誓般紧迫的动机而放弃和献出。

devote是及物动词,常接时间、精力、生命等抽象名词作宾语,而“专用”和“奉献”的对象则由介词to引出。

表示“忠于”“致力于”“献身于”时可用devote oneself to结构,也可用be devoted to结构。

devote的过去分词devoted可用作形容词,在句中作定语或表语。

devote to在美式英语里可以接动词不定式。例如:She devoted much of her energy to help them have a better and fuller life.她用了不少的精力来帮助他们改善生活,使他们的日子过得更好,更充实些。