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。
• Devoting all my attention to hearing.
  集中我全部的注意力在听力上。
• 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。
• But early success often comes with the cost of devoting your childhood to hard work rather than play.
  但过早的成功往往伴随着把童年奉献给辛苦工作、而不是玩耍的代价。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My work is about devoting attentiveness to the everyday.
  我的作品就是关注日常琐碎的事物。
• For decades, Qianyi has been devoting herself to developing high efficient and low cost techniques for wastewater treatment.
  钱易院士数十年来致力于研究开发适合我国国情的高效、低耗废水处理新技术；
• Start with something small and work your way up to devoting more and more time to your project.
  开始与一些小国和工作的方式行动投入更多的时间您的项目。