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

• A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.
  居住在修道院并且潜心沉思、祈祷和干活的男修道士。
• 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。
• I'm devoting all my time to the case.
  对这个案子我会全力以赴的。
• 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。
• This year, Peng has been devoting himself to making movies.
  今年，彭于晏一直投身于电影事业。但是他出演的角色与以往有所不同。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Devoting disproportionate resources to your champions is important.
  为你的业绩冠军投入超常比例的资源是非常重要的。
• 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。