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单词 dedicating
释义
dedicating
present participle ofdedicate
dedicate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈded.ɪ.keɪt/us
/ˈded.ə.keɪt/

dedicateverb[T](GIVE TIME/ENERGY)

C1
to give all ofyourenergy,time, etc.:
He has dedicated hislifetoscientificresearch.
The newpresidentsaid she would dedicate herselftoprotectingtherightsof thesickand thehomeless.
More examples
  • 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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Giving oneself
  • dedicate
  • 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:
Thebookis dedicated to the author'shusband.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising and applauding
  • acclaim
  • acclamation
  • accolade
  • adulate
  • adulation
  • cheer
  • dispatch
  • eulogistic
  • eulogize
  • eulogy
  • exalt
  • extol
  • honour
  • paean
  • panegyric
  • panegyrical
  • panegyrist
  • patsomeoneon the backidiom
  • rave
  • slap
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dedicateverb[T](BUILDING)

formal
When abuilding,especiallyareligiousbuilding, is dedicated, there is aceremonyat which it isformallyopenedfor use anditsparticularpurposeisstated:
Thechurchwas dedicated on 1March1805tothelocalSaint Jude.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ceremonies
  • anti-ritualism
  • cavalcade
  • ceremonial
  • ceremonially
  • ceremony
  • hara-kiri
  • induction
  • initiate
  • installation
  • investiture
  • knight
  • master of ceremonies
  • memorial service
  • pageant
  • ribbon cutting
  • rite of passage
  • ritual
  • ritualistic
  • ritualistically
  • troop
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(Definition ofdedicatingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdedicating

dedicating

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

We use estimated land value as an upper bound for the opportunity cost ofdedicatinga property to conservation.
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Dedicatinggenerous amounts of time to the ' frontline ' and really getting to know the subjects is not however always practical or enthusiastically pursued by researchers.
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However, they were also selected to use ecologically contingent, conditional mating strategies,dedicatingsome effort to shortterm and extra-pair mating under specific conditions.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge all participants fordedicatingtheir time and insights for this project.
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Many were torn between their scientific discipline and its historical study, earning their money as scientists anddedicatingtheir spare time to serious historical study.
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As with many other commodities, large fruit-packing and marketing companies arededicatingpacking plants solely to organic fruit, ensuring uninterrupted organic sales and preventing crosscontamination from conventional fruit.
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We thank all those in the hospitalsdedicatingthemselves to ease the suffering.
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They arededicatingtheir lives to bringing up those children.
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There is nothing wrong withdedicatingcertain portions of public funds for particular purposes.
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It would provide an alternative way ofdedicatingourselves to the service that we are elected to undertake in this place.
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Many owners deterred fromdedicatingtheir property because of lack of money would be helped by grants towards their maintenance funds.
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I wonder if that particular restrictive covenant on the land is not one of the psychological barriers stopping people fromdedicatingtheir woods.
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They have made news, not by getting into trouble but bydedicatingthemselves to serve other people.
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Could he dedicate one of those withoutdedicatingothers?
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That is why we arededicatingalmost £3 billion to employment and training measures.
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