| 单词 | dedication |
| 释义 | dedication (once / 1148 pages) n Dedication means "committing yourself to something," like your dedication to marathon training that had you running every single morning for four months. Dedication can be complete devotion and faith in someone or something, like your dedication to your family, a ceremony in which something is officially named, like the dedication of a new building. Another kind of dedication is a short message written to someone, like the dedication "Happy Birthday, Uncle Fred," which you write inside the book you give him, or something extra added to an autograph, like "To my greatest fan!" WORD FAMILYdedication: dedications+/dedicate: dedicated, dedicates, dedicating, dedication, rededicate/dedicated: dedicatedly, undedicated/rededicate: rededicated, rededicates, rededicating, rededication/rededication: rededications USAGE EXAMPLESShe thanked the hospital staff for their dedication and to bettering the lives and health of the patients Cyrus called “the beautiful youngins.” Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) But she also opposed the gas-tax dedication, which voters rejected. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) “The idealism and the dedication stayed with the staff and got us through some really hard times,” he said. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1n complete and wholehearted fidelity Hyper faithfulness, fidelity the quality of being faithful 2n the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action Syn|Hypo|Hyper allegiance, commitment, loyalty communalism loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole consecrationa solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal) devotioncommitment to some purpose enlistmentthe act of enlisting (as in a military service) faithloyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person cultismdevotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult hobbyisma devotion to hobbies reenlistmenta renewed enlistment fetich, fetishexcessive or irrational devotion to some activity party spiritdevotion to a political party cooperation joint operation or action 3n a message that makes a pledge Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper commitment Hippocratic oath an oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocrates oath, swearing a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury affirmation(religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) promisea verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future assurance, pledgea binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something professionaffirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warrantya written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications guaranteean unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true oatha solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior parole, word, word of honora promise plight, trotha solemn pledge of fidelity betrothal, engagement, trotha mutual promise to marry pinninga mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin rain checka promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future vowa solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about 4n a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose Hypo|Hyper rededication a new dedication ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance a formal event performed on a special occasion 5n a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something Syn|Hyper inscription message a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled |
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