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devote + time/money/effort + to + noun/gerund
She devoted all her time to the project.
她把所有时间都投入到了这个项目上。
把…用于；致力于；献身于
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把…用于；致力于；献身于
to give or use time, money, energy, etc. for a particular purpose
She devoted all her time to the project.
她把所有时间都投入到了这个项目上。
将时间、精力或自己完全投入到某事物上；奉献。
to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
使注定；使遭厄运。
to consign over; to doom
诅咒；咒骂。
to execrate; to curse
devote
Base
原形
devotes
3rd person
第三人称单数
devoting
-ing
现在分词
devoted
Past
过去式
devoted
Past participle
过去分词
She devotes her time to charity.
她把时间投入慈善事业。
She devotes an hour every morning to reading.
她每天早晨把一小时专门用于阅读。
The organization devotes most of its budget to medical research.
该组织将大部分预算用于医学研究。
He devoted himself to helping the poor.
他献身于帮助穷人。
She devoted all her time to the project.
她把所有时间都投入到了这个项目上。
强调全身心投入。
He devoted himself to helping the poor.
他献身于帮助穷人。
be devoted to 也可表示‘忠于、深爱’。
They are devoted to each other.
他们彼此忠诚。
Not this
She devotes her time helping others.
Use this
She devotes her time to helping others.
动词 devote 后必须接介词 to 才能引出献身或投入的对象。中文说“投入时间做某事”无需介词，但英语结构为 devote + 名词 + to + 名词/动名词。
Not this
He devoted his life to help the poor.
Use this
He devoted his life to helping the poor.
介词 to 之后应接动词的 -ing 形式（动名词），而不是不定式。英语中 devote ... to 的 to 是介词，后面需跟名词性成分。
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投入时间
She devotes a lot of time to volunteering.
她投入大量时间做志愿者。
投入精力
He devoted all his energy to the project.
他把所有精力都投入到这个项目上。
给予关注
The teacher devoted individual attention to each student.
老师对每个学生都给予了单独关注。
致力于；献身于
After retirement, she devoted herself to charity work.
退休后，她致力于慈善工作。
投入资源
The government should devote more resources to education.
政府应该投入更多资源到教育上。
奉献一生
He devoted his life to scientific research.
他一生致力于科学研究。
致力于；献身于
She devoted herself to teaching in rural areas.
她致力于在农村地区教学。
把一生献给
He devoted his life to scientific research.
他把一生献给了科学研究。
专注于；注意
We must devote more attention to this problem.
我们必须更加关注这个问题。
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devote 含 vote（投票），像投票一样全身心投入就是奉献。
语域偏正式，多用于书面或正式场合。常见语境包括工作、学业、志愿活动等，表达投入时间或精力于某事。
All listed words rhyme with 'devote' (/dɪˈvoʊt/), sharing the stressed vowel and following sounds (/oʊt/).
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