Dedicate
['dedɪkeɪt] or ['dɛdɪket]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church.
(verb.) inscribe or address by way of compliment; 'She dedicated her book to her parents'.
(verb.) open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; 'The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes'.
手打:齐妮亚--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. a.) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
(v. t.) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.
(v. t.) To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
(v. t.) To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
錄入:奥利维尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Devote, consecrate, set apart.[2]. Address (as a literary work), inscribe.
a. Devoted, consecrated, dedicated, set apart.
哈维整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Devote, consecrate, offer, set, apportion, assign, apply, separate, hallow,set_apart
ANT:Alienate, misapply, desecrate, misappropriate, misconvert, misuse
校對:内奥米
解釋/意思:
v.t. to set apart and consecrate to some sacred purpose: to devote wholly or chiefly: to inscribe to any one.—adj. devoted: (Shak.) dedicated.—ns. Ded′icant one who dedicates; Dedicatee (ded′i-kā-tē′) one to whom a thing is dedicated; Dedicā′tion the act of dedicating: an address to a patron prefixed to a book; Ded′icātor one who dedicates.—adjs. Dedicatō′rial Ded′icātory of or pertaining to a dedication.
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例句/造句/用法:
- David Reed I would like to dedicate this etext to my mother who was a elementary school teacher for more years than I can remember. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- To England and to Englishmen I dedicate myself. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I'll write a book that I may dedicate it to you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He, to whom I dedicate my future life, will be my comforter, if I do His will. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In this place is an altar dedicated to St. Dimas, the penitent thief. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I saw that in his heart he despised those dedicated to any but worldly idols. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- An upper floor was dedicated to Newland, and the two women squeezed themselves into narrower quarters below. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- As its name implies, it was dedicated to the service of the Muses, which was also the case with the Peripatetic school at Athens. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It was to the divine Emperor that his book was dedicated as a pro test against the administration of Roman public works. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- He never applied for a patent on the instrument, but dedicated it to the public. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- His soul was sympathy, and dedicated to the worship of beauty and excellence. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
校對:拉里