devotes

英 [dɪˈvəʊts]

美 [dɪˈvoʊts]

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的第三人称单数

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

• The company devotes to technical research and development of new products.
  近年来，公司致力于碳纤维设备的研发，并取得巨大成功。
• This paper devotes to the study of developmental strategy of HB Company.
  本文致力于HB公司发展战略的研究。
• Who devotes his life to the perfection of experience? Yes, I know him.
  穷尽一生去完美他的经历？对，我知道他。
• Life Confucianism devotes itself to the rebuilding of Confucian metaphysics.
  生活儒学致力于儒家形而上学在生活本源上的重建。
• HONG KONG devotes much effort to caring for and supporting those least able to take care of themselves.
  香港致力照顾和支援社会上最缺乏自我照顾能力的人。
• He devotes all his life in serving people.
  他把他的一生献给了为人民服务（的事业）。
• The company also devotes to brush manufacture, with production of each kind and specifications of tin brush;
  公司同时致力于毛刷制造，生产各种规格和各种用途的铁皮刷；
• He devotes a lot of time to his hobbies.
  他在业务爱好上花了好多时间。
• RCM devotes to establish its own academic norm, managing strategy and exhibition mechanism.
  南画廊努力建立自己的学术标准、经营策略和展览机制。
• The author devotes the first three chapters to the subject.
  作者用前三章阐述这个问题。