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

• My work is about devoting attentiveness to the everyday.
  我的作品就是关注日常琐碎的事物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 and energy to caring for my son right now.
  目前我把所有的时间和精力都放在照顾儿子上。
• 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。
• 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。