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devote解析
devote <vt>.奉献; (给),把…专用(于) 把…奉献
过去式:devoted
现在分词:devoting
过去分词:devoted
第三人称单数:devotes
例:
I would devote my myself to the public.
我会把自己奉献给公众.
错题分析:
All her time _______ experiments, she has no time for sports.
A. devoted to do
B. devoted to doing
C. devoting to doing
D. is devoted to doing
答案B。
分析:
(1) devote 意为“致力于,献身于”,主要用于 devote…to…或be devoted to,其中的to 是介词,不是不定式符号,故后接动词时要用动名词,不用不定式。
(2) 选A错误:若将 do 改为 doing 则可以。
(3) 选B正确:all her time devoted to doing experiments为独立主格结构,用作状语。
(4) 选C错误:因为all her time 与 devote 为被动关系,故应将devoting改为devoted。
(5) 选D错误:若单独看 All her time is devoted to doing experiments,此句并没有错,但问题是逗号前后两个简单句没有必要的连接方式,所以从整体上看仍不对,假若在后一句的句首加上and或so,则可选D,或将D中的is 改为 being也可以。
关于devote的用法:
devote to:把...献给;
例:How much time can you afford to devote to learning English.
多少时间,你能负担得起投入到学习英语。
devote oneself to (doing) sth. :致力于,献身于
例:If I become a teacher, I will devote myself to giving them better education.
如果我成为一名教师,我会尽全力来让他们接受更好的教育。
句型:devote one's time/life/energy to (doing) sth
例:I always devote my time to helping children with study rather than playing games.
我总是把时间用于帮助孩子们学习而不是玩游戏。
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