1580s, from Latin devotus, past participle of devovere (see devotion). Second and third meanings in Johnson's Dictionary (1755) are "to addict, to give up to ill" and "to curse, to execrate; to doom to destruction." Related: Devoted; devoting.
例文
1. Faculty members devote most of their time to scholarly reserch.
全院の教師はほとんどの時間を学術研究に使用しています。
2.She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.
彼女はすでに演技から授業に精力を移し始めている。/
3.She forsook her worldly possions to devote herself to the church.
彼女は世の中の財物を捨てて教会に献身した。
4.After her marriage,she couldn 't devote herself totally to her music.