be devoted to

基本解釋

Clean water means precious time once spent fetching water can now be devoted to spending time with families.
清潔的水意味著以前浪費(fèi)在取水上的寶貴時(shí)間現(xiàn)在可以用來和家人相處。
Only when we realize the importance of helping each other can we be devoted to building a harmonious society.
只有當(dāng)我們意識(shí)到互相幫助的重要性,我們才能致力于建設(shè)一個(gè)和諧社會(huì).
That’s why, according to the Earth Institute, the final years of the project will be devoted to strengthening the villages' economies.
為解除這一擔(dān)憂，地球研究所在項(xiàng)目最后幾年致力于強(qiáng)化村落經(jīng)濟(jì)。

There can be no peace if economic resources that ought to be devoted to social and economic reconstruction are to be diverted to an intensified competition in armaments."
Next introductory remark: A lot of today's talk is going to be devoted to business.
下次關(guān)于這種引導(dǎo)性的討論：,今天討論的很多內(nèi)容將會(huì)用于商業(yè)。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選
And in such a world, even a sovereign state will be endangered either from other states or from groups and individuals devoted to terror and destruction.
在這樣的世界里,即使是主權(quán)國(guó)家,也可能受到來自他國(guó)的侵犯,或者是個(gè)人以及團(tuán)體的恐怖破壞。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

The keyboard eats up space that could be devoted to a bigger screen, of course.
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