dedicate
verb[T]
uk/ˈded.ɪ.keɪt/us/ˈded.ə.keɪt/dedicateverb[T](GIVE TIME/ENERGY)
C1
to give all ofyourenergy,time, etc.:
奉献，献出（全部精力、时间等）He has dedicated hislifetoscientificresearch.他把自己的一生都献给了科学研究工作。
The newpresidentsaid she would dedicate herselftoprotectingtherightsof thesickand thehomeless.新任总统说她将致力于保护病人和无家可归者的权利。
- He dedicated hispoetryto thegloryofGod.
- Therecordis dedicated to hermother, whodiedrecently.
- He dedicated hislifetofreeingtheworldfromfamineanddisease.
- Thewarmemorialwas dedicated to bothJewsand Gentiles.
- If you are in thearea, you should dedicate at least adaytoseeingthecity.
Giving oneself
- devotesomethingtosomething/someone
- giveyourlife tosomethingidiom
- life
- rededicate
- rededication
dedicateverb[T](BOOK, ETC.)
C2
If you dedicate abook,play,performance, etc. to someone, youpubliclysay that it is in that person'shonour:
（把书籍、戏剧、演出等）献给Thebookis dedicated to the author'shusband.作者将此书献给自己的丈夫。
Praising and applauding
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- adulation
- cheer
- dispatch
- eulogize
- eulogy
- exalt
- extol
- felicitate
- honour
- panegyric
- panegyrical
- panegyrist
- patsomeoneon the backidiom
- plaudit
- praise
- rave
dedicateverb[T](BUILDING)
formal
When abuilding,especiallyareligiousbuilding, is dedicated, there is aceremonyat which it isformallyopenedfor use anditsparticularpurposeisstated:
为（尤指宗教建筑）举行奉献典礼；为…举行落成仪式Thechurchwas dedicated on 1March1805tothelocalSaint Jude.教堂于1805年3月1日落成以纪念当地的圣裘德。
Ceremonies
- anti-ritualism
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremonially
- ceremony
- dub
- induction
- initiate
- investiture
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- memorial service
- nuptials
- pageant
- rite of passage
- ritual
- ritualistic
- ritualistically
- salute
- troop
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Religious ceremonies & prayers