一、詳細(xì)釋義：

v.

奉獻(xiàn)，獻(xiàn)身；致力 [T]

例句：

So what we've done is to dedicate ourselves to saving something of what's left.

所以我們所做的就是獻(xiàn)身于拯救一部分還剩下來(lái)的東西。

例句：

We must dedicate ourselves to the proposition that all men are created equal.

我們要為人類生來(lái)平等的主張而獻(xiàn)身。

例句：

So what we've done is to dedicate ourselves to saving something of what's left.

所以我們所做的就是獻(xiàn)身于拯救一部分還剩下來(lái)的東西。

題獻(xiàn) [T]

例句：

This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother.

謹(jǐn)以此書獻(xiàn)給我已故的母親。

例句：

She dedicated her first album to Woody Allen.

她把自己的第一張專輯獻(xiàn)給了伍迪·艾倫。

以…供奉 [T]

例句：

The church is dedicated to St Mary of Bec.

該教堂供奉的是貝克的圣瑪麗。

例句：

The other day, in a little church near Brighton, a window was dedicated to the memory of the Revd. Michael Scott.

幾天前，在布賴頓附近的一個(gè)小教堂，人們以一扇窗戶來(lái)紀(jì)念邁克爾·斯科特牧師。

二、詞義辨析：

dedicate,devote

這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞均有“奉獻(xiàn)”之意。 dedicate正式用詞，指獻(xiàn)身于某一崇高事業(yè)或目的，也可指把著作題獻(xiàn)給他人。 devote普通用詞，指決心把全部身心、精力、時(shí)間等獻(xiàn)給某一目標(biāo)，某一個(gè)人或致力于某一事業(yè)。

三、參考例句：

I dedicate the book to my mother.

我謹(jǐn)將此書獻(xiàn)給我的母親。

I dedicate today to love and kindness.

我會(huì)伴隨著我的愛(ài)跟善良去度過(guò)今天。

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field.

我們獻(xiàn)身于這一領(lǐng)域的一部分。

Dedicate at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.

每天至少花9分鐘鍛煉身體。

To Prof.Smith I dedicate this volume in token of gratitude.

謹(jǐn)以本書獻(xiàn)給史密斯教授以示感激。

We must dedicate ourselves to the proposition that all men are created equal.

我們要為人類生來(lái)平等的主張而獻(xiàn)身。

He had decided at the age of ten to dedicate himself to his country's cause.

他在十幾歲的時(shí)候，就決定以身許國(guó)。

So what we've done is to dedicate ourselves to saving something of what's left.

所以我們所做的就是獻(xiàn)身于拯救一部分還剩下來(lái)的東西。

I have written a mantra that I want to dedicate to you.

我寫了一篇頌歌獻(xiàn)給您。

But in a large sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.

不過(guò)，從廣義上說(shuō)，我們沒(méi)有資格奉獻(xiàn)這片土地，也未能給它以榮光，使之神圣。