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

• He has been devoting his whole life to benefiting mankind.
  他把自己的一生贡献给了造福人类的事业。
• Most students are making full use of their time and devoting themselves to their studies.
  大多数的门生充分利用时候，全身心投入到学习中去。
• I'm devoting all my time to the case.
  对这个案子我会全力以赴的。
• Devoting full strength and concentrated attention to.
  投入了所有的力气且集中注意力的。
• Likewise, less time is spent pursuing activities that one enjoys and devoting on personal and spiritual growth.
  同样，花费在从事自己喜欢的活动以及用于个人自我发展和情操陶冶的时间也更少。
• He will be devoting more time to writing, broadcasting and lecturing
  他将把更多时间用于写作、广播和作讲座。
• It is about a robot falling in love with a human and devoting himself for their love.
  如果你去看电影，我推荐《机器侠》，写的是一个机器人爱上人类，为爱情奋不顾身的故事。
• He is devoting much of his energy to implanting an element of distrust in the community.
  他竭力在社区内撒播猜疑的种子。
• He is devoting his ability in his station.
  他在自己的岗位上默默地奉献自己的才华。
• 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。