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devote

音標[di'v?ut] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 投入於, 獻身
相關詞組:
devote one's life to...
devote oneself to...

詞型變化:

動詞過去式:devoted 過去分詞:devoted 現在分詞:devoting 第三人稱單數:devotes 名詞:devote-ment 

詞意辨析:

dedicate, devote
這兩個動詞均有“奉獻”之意。
dedicate: 正式用詞,指獻身於某一崇高事業或目的,也可指把著作獻給他人。
devote: 普通用詞,指決心把全部身心、精力、時間等獻給某一目標,某一個人或致力於某一事業。

英文解釋:

動詞 devote:

  1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    同義詞:give, dedicate, consecrate, commit
  2. dedicate
    同義詞:give, pay
  3. set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use

例句:

  1. The noblest ideal to which one can devote oneself is Communism.
    能為之獻身的最崇高的理想是 * 主義。
  2. He started to study ecology and decided to devote his whole life to the science.
    開始研究生態學,並決心將他的一生獻身於這門科學。
  3. Please devote more time to your work.
    請把更多的時間用於工作。
  4. He devoted himself entirely to music.
    他將一生奉獻給了音樂。

詳細解釋:


de.vote

v.tr.(及物動詞)
de.vot.ed,de.vot.ing,de.votes
To give or apply (one`s time, attention, or self) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or person.
奉獻:將(某人的時間、精力或自己)完全奉獻給某項特別的活動、事業、目標或某個人
To set apart for a specific purpose or use:
作…專用:為一個特定的目的或用途而撥出:
例句:
land devoted to mining.
土地留做採礦用

To set apart by or as if by a vow or solemn act; consecrate:
貢獻:通過或似乎通過立誓或隆重的行為貢獻;奉獻:
例句:
a temple devoted to Apollo.
一座奉獻給阿波羅的廟宇

來源:
Latin vovôre dôvôt- [to vow]
拉丁語 vovôre dôvôt- [發誓]
- [de-]
- [前綴,表.轉移.]
vovôre [to vow]
vovôre [發誓]

【引伸】
devote.ment
n.(名詞)
<參考辭彙><同義詞>devote,dedicate,consecrate,pledgeThese verbs are compared as they mean .to give to a particular end and especially to a higher purpose..
這些動詞在表示.奉獻給某個特別的目的,尤指高尚的目標的意思.時是可比的。
Devote implies faithfulness and loyalty:
Devote 意指忠誠和忠心:
例句:
Nurses devote themselves to the care of the sick.
護士致力於病人的護理事業。

Dedicate connotes a solemn, often formal commitment:
Dedicate 意味著一個誓言,通常為正式的許諾:
例句:
.To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have. (Woodrow Wilson).
.為了完成這個任務,我們可以貢獻我們的生命和財產,我們就是一切,我們擁有一切. (伍德羅·威爾遜)。

Consecrate suggests sacred commitment:
Consecrate 表示神聖的行為:
例句:
His entire life is consecrated to science. To
他畢生的精力都獻給了科學事業。

pledge is to back a personal commitment by a solemn promise:
Pledge 通過一個誓言而落實到個人行動上:
例句:
.I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
.我向你們,向我自己發誓,保證美國人民的新政策. (富蘭克林·D·羅斯福)


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