devote to doing还是to do

文/赵春雨

devote doing。正确搭配应是devote doing,后面应接doing,因为to是介词,短语译为致力于,献身于。如:He devoted himself to studying the law。

devote to doing还是to do

devote用法

1.devote to sth

2.devote to doing sth

3.devote one's life to a cause。把生命献给事业。

4.devote to把…献给;

5.devote oneself to 致力于,献身于,专心于

devote基本含义:

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);

第三人称单数:devotes

现在分词:devoting

过去式:devoted

过去分词:devoted

devote双语例句

1、She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.

她已经开始将精力投入到教学而不是表演中。

2、They devote all of their energy to a period of growth and reproduction.

它们把所有的精力都投入到生长和繁殖的阶段。

3、devote oneself to a special area of work.

献身于特殊的研究领域。

4、We devote several days to the exploration of the magnificent Maya sites of Copan.

我们投入了几天时间在科潘宏伟的玛雅遗址考察。

5、Do not devote too much time to games.

不要浪费太多的时间玩游戏。

6、He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation.

他决定把余生奉献给科学研究。

7、You must devote your attention to your work.

你必须专心于工作。

8、Then we must devote every effort to finding its principal contradition.

这时就要全力找出它的主要矛盾。

9、The biggest restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something.

我们资源上的最大限制是我们可以投入到某件事情上的时间。

10、Caroline began to devote more care to her work.

凯洛琳开始更加努力地工作了。