单词	dedicate
释义	dedicateded‧i‧cate /ˈdedɪkeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdedicate Origin: 1400-1500 Latin dedicare, from dicare ‘to say publicly’ Verb Table VERB TABLE dedicate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they dedicate he, she, it dedicates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they dedicated Present perfect I, you, we, they have dedicated he, she, it has dedicated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had dedicated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will dedicate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have dedicated Continuous Form Present I am dedicating he, she, it is dedicating you, we, they are dedicating Past I, he, she, it was dedicating you, we, they were dedicating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been dedicating he, she, it has been dedicating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been dedicating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be dedicating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been dedicating Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And a crop of sites are dedicated to savers and investors who hold assets outside their home countries. And thirdly, he has dedicated some of his time and energy to raising a collection for the poor Christians in Jerusalem. He renounces all possibility of a happy life in favor of a solitary one dedicated to work. Instead, justice is a commodity designed by a hierarchy of judges still dedicated to the interests of Power. The new buildings were dedicated on Saturday 22 May 1976. They were dedicating a new runway at the airport. We dedicated ourselves as a team, that we were going to be in shape. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► solely · Even the guides solely dedicated un shopping are feeling the strain. NOUN► book · He had dedicated the book to Bishops Duppa and Warner without their permission; both expressed their indignation.· It is to them that I dedicate this book. ► church · The archbishop dedicated the church to San Satiro, the brother of Sant' Ambrogio. ► group · And for the future, a trip to Everest with a group dedicated to breaking records who will attempt a difficult route.· There may be two hundred groups dedicated to these issues, but we need two thousand.· Perhaps a group dedicated to the conservation of a particular kind of architecture has started in your area.· Private land trusts, not to be confused with state trust land, are non-profit groups dedicated to preserving open space.· S., a Montgomery, Ala., fishing group dedicated to education and catch-and-release conservation of bass environs.· Hodgson is a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, a national group dedicated to reforming high schools. ► life · You can think about it, talk about it, write about it, dedicate your life to it.· Former colleagues described Hoster as a hard-charging military journalist who dedicated her life to the Army.· Spurred by the horrors he witnessed in war, Cheshire dedicated his life to caring for others after it was over.· Gave his fortune to the poor, then dedicated his life to education.· They are the ordinary citizens for whom the honours system was designed - people who have dedicated their lives to duty.· For two years Jim was alternately exhilarated and terrified by the prospect of dedicating his life to the Church.· Many dedicate their lives to worship.· We ought to have people who dedicate their lives just to thinking. ► memory · Their home is called Gracelands and is dedicated to the memory of Elvis.· Many other small relics were distributed to the churches dedicated to her memory. ► song · She would dedicate her song to them all. ► system · Ever the aesthete, he admits that the container looks hideous but he likes the elegance of a dedicated storage system. ► work · Was Lothar, perhaps, dedicating his work to the man he saw as the likely next pope?· This feature is dedicated to the painstaking work of a gifted man.· Mr Harper is dedicated to his work earning nothing but love and respect for it. VERB► share · The facility also houses shared and dedicated web hosting servers.· Verio's hosted Oracle databases are provided to their customers on a stable of shared and dedicated servers. 1to give all your attention and effort to one particular thingdedicate yourself/your life to something The actress now dedicates herself to children’s charity work.2to say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it has been written, made, or performed for someone that you love or respectdedicate something to somebody The book was dedicated to her husband.3to state in an official ceremony that a building will be given someone’s name in order to show respect for them4to use a place, time, money etc only for a particular purposededicate something to/for something The company dedicated $50,000 for the study.
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