de
vote
第三人称
devotes
现在进行时
devoting
过去式
devoted
过去完成时
devoted
1
奉献, 分配
to assign something, such as resources or funds, to a particular purpose or use
及物动词
- The company decided to devote a significant portion of its budget to research and development.
公司决定将预算的很大一部分投入研发。
- The government is planning to devote more resources to improving public transportation.
政府计划投入更多资源来改善公共交通。
- The city council plans to devote funds to revitalize the downtown area.
市议会计划投入资金以振兴市中心区。
2
奉献, 致力于
to give one's time or commit oneself entirely to a certain matter, cause, or activity
及物动词
- He devoted several years of his life to researching renewable energy solutions.
他投入了数年生命研究可再生能源解决方案。
- Over the years, they have devoted countless hours to community service.
多年来，他们为社区服务奉献了无数的时间。
- If the opportunity arises, she will devote her skills to a new and challenging project.
如果有机会，她将把自己的技能奉献给一个新的、具有挑战性的项目。
- Many individuals devote time each day to personal development activities.
许多人每天都会投入时间进行个人发展活动。
- The team will devote extra hours next week to meeting the project deadline.
团队下周将投入额外时间来满足项目截止日期。
3
专门用于, 奉献
to set aside a specific amount of time or space to discuss or focus on a topic
及物动词
- The article devotes a whole section to climate change.
这篇文章专门用一整节来讨论气候变化。
- She devoted an hour of her presentation to new research findings.
她投入了一个小时的演讲时间来讨论新的研究发现。
- The book devotes several chapters to the author’s early life.
这本书用几个章节讲述了作者的早期生活。
- The class devoted the first half of the lesson to review.
班级投入了上半节课进行复习。
- The newspaper devoted a full page to the anniversary celebration.
报纸用一整版来报道周年庆典。