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

• Devoting all my attention to hearing.
  集中我全部的注意力在听力上。
• He is currently single, devoting his time and energy to his leading role in prison break.
  他目前单身，奉献自己的时间和精力，他带领监狱休息。
• Braille was now devoting all his time to his new system, but no one was listening.
  此时，布莱叶已经为他的新系统奉献了他的全部的时间。但是，没人倾听。
• 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。
• He was amazed at how quickly things changed when he started devoting more time and energy to her.
  他很惊奇当他开始对她多付出时间和精力时，事情会改变得那么快。
• I'm devoting all my time to the case.
  对这个案子我会全力以赴的。
• My work is about devoting attentiveness to the everyday.
  我的作品就是关注日常琐碎的事物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。