to devote

基本解释

After I had graduated I continued to devote myself to research.
大学毕业后，我继续献身于科学研究。
In general, I find it's worthwhile to devote a lot of my time to searching for books that interest me and books that will help my students learn and develop their skills.
总的来说，我发现投入大量的时间去寻找我感兴趣的图书对我来说是值得的，并且，这些图书将帮助我的学生学习并提高他们的技能。
If one claims that I am willing to devote everything to you, but aiming at nothing.
所以如果有一个人声称我愿意为你付出一切，但我什么也不求的时候。
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"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."
It's an historical question, as I say, and I want to devote the rest of the lecture to it.
这是一个历史问题，正如我刚刚说的，我会用剩下的时间讲讲这个问题。
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Dreams" is such a fun topic that I'm going to devote half a class to sleeping and dreams.
梦“是个很有意思的话题,我将会用半节课的时间来说说睡眠和梦。
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Letting go of Discover will free up more capital to devote to those activities.
FORBES: Discover To Go It Alone