dedicate
英 ['ded?ke?t]
美['d?d?ket]
- vt. 致力；獻(xiàn)身；題獻(xiàn)
CET6TEM4IELTS考研中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?dedicates;過(guò)去式:?dedicated;過(guò)去分詞:?dedicated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?dedicating;
助記提示
1. dedi諧音“爹地”，爹地為國(guó)家建設(shè)奉獻(xiàn)了一生。
中文詞源
dedicate 致力于
de-, 向下，強(qiáng)調(diào)。-dic, 說(shuō)，聲稱，詞源同diction. 原為宗教術(shù)語(yǔ)，即向上帝發(fā)愿，致力于完成某功德。后詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He felt that medicine was the most important cause to which he could dedicate himself.
- 他覺(jué)得醫(yī)學(xué)是他能夠?yàn)橹I(xiàn)身的最重大的事業(yè).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. She vowed to herself that she would dedicate her life to scientific studies.
- 她默默地發(fā)誓要獻(xiàn)身于科學(xué)研究.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. To my father I dedicate this volume in token of affection and gratitude.
- 我謹(jǐn)以此書(shū)獻(xiàn)給我的父親,以表示對(duì)他的愛(ài)戴和感激之情.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. President Lincoln came from Washington to dedicate that cemetery.
- 林肯總統(tǒng)親自從華盛頓前來(lái)為此墓地舉行揭幕禮.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. They acquire successful companies and are dedicate to make them even more successful.
- 他們買(mǎi)下成功的公司,并且努力使它們辦得更加成功.
來(lái)自辭典例句