de.vote

devote的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [diˈvout]
KK音标发音： [dɪˈvot]

devote的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To give or apply (one's time, attention, or self) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or person.
奉献：将（某人的时间、精力或自己）完全奉献给某项特别的活动、事业、目标或某个人

2. To set apart for a specific purpose or use:
作…专用：为一个特定的目的或用途而拨出：

land devoted to mining.
土地留做采矿用

3. To set apart by or as if by a vow or solemn act; consecrate:
贡献：通过或似乎通过立誓或隆重的行为贡献；奉献：

a temple devoted to Apollo.
一座奉献给阿波罗的庙宇

devote的词源：

4. Latin d?vov?re d?v?t- [to vow]
拉丁语 d?vov?re d?v?t- [发誓]

5. d?- [de-]
d?- [前缀，表“转移”]

6. vov?re [to vow]
vov?re [发誓]

devote的词性：
n.（名词）

devote， dedicate， consecrate， pledge

7. These verbs are compared as they mean “to give to a particular end and especially to a higher purpose.”
这些动词在表示“奉献给某个特别的目的，尤指高尚的目标的意思”时是可比的。

8. Devote implies faithfulness and loyalty:
Devote 意指忠诚和忠心：

Nurses devote themselves to the care of the sick.
护士致力于病人的护理事业。

9. Dedicate connotes a solemn, often formal commitment:
Dedicate 意味着一个誓言，通常为正式的许诺：

“To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have” (Woodrow Wilson).
“为了完成这个任务，我们可以贡献我们的生命和财产，我们就是一切，我们拥有一切” （伍德罗·威尔逊）。

10. Consecrate suggests sacred commitment:
Consecrate 表示神圣的行为：

His entire life is consecrated to science. To
他毕生的精力都献给了科学事业。

11. pledge is to back a personal commitment by a solemn promise:
Pledge 通过一个誓言而落实到个人行动上：

“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people” (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
“我向你们，向我自己发誓，保证美国人民的新政策” （富兰克林·D·罗斯福）