及物动词
1. 献（身）；奉献，投入(时间、精力等)
If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
2. 将(文章或讲话的某一部分)专用（于）
If you devote a particular proportion of a piece of writing or a speech to a particular subject, you deal with the subject in that amount of space or time.
1. dedicate
e.g. give thought to
give priority to
pay attention to
2. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
e.g. She committed herself to the work of God
give one's talents to a good cause
consecrate your life to the church
Synonym: givededicateconsecratecommit
3. set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
e.g. this land was devoted to mining