dedicate

英 ['ded?ke?t] 美['d?d?ket]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?dedicates;過去式:?dedicated;過去分詞:?dedicated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?dedicating;

1. dedi諧音“爹地”，爹地為國家建設(shè)奉獻了一生。

dedicate 致力于

de-, 向下，強調(diào)。-dic, 說，聲稱，詞源同diction. 原為宗教術(shù)語，即向上帝發(fā)愿，致力于完成某功德。后詞義通用化。

dedicate: dedicate: see indicate
dedicate (v.): early 15c. (of churches), from Latin dedicatus, past participle of dedicare "consecrate, proclaim, affirm, set apart," from de- "away" (see de-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Dedicated "devoted to one's aims or vocation" is first attested 1944.

1. He felt that medicine was the most important cause to which he could dedicate himself.: 他覺得醫(yī)學(xué)是他能夠為之獻身的最重大的事業(yè).

2. She vowed to herself that she would dedicate her life to scientific studies.: 她默默地發(fā)誓要獻身于科學(xué)研究.

3. To my father I dedicate this volume in token of affection and gratitude.: 我謹(jǐn)以此書獻給我的父親,以表示對他的愛戴和感激之情.

4. President Lincoln came from Washington to dedicate that cemetery.: 林肯總統(tǒng)親自從華盛頓前來為此墓地舉行揭幕禮.

5. They acquire successful companies and are dedicate to make them even more successful.: 他們買下成功的公司,并且努力使它們辦得更加成功.