devote
devote
verb
[with obj.]
devotement
noun
verb
[with obj.]
- (devote something to)give all or a large part of one's time or resources to (a person, activity, or cause)
将（时间，精力）用于（人，活动，事业）上；尽心竭力于…
I wanted to devote more time to my family.
我希望把更多的时间花在家人身上。
she devoted herself to fund-raising.
她全身心投入筹集资金的工作。 - (archaic)invoke or pronounce a curse upon
(古)降祸于；诅咒
devotement
noun
- (archaic)
- late 16th cent. (in the sense 'dedicate formally, consecrate'): from Latin devot- 'consecrated', from the verb devovere, from de- 'formally' + vovere 'to vow'
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