词汇devote专题知识点总结考题研读考点聚焦
【原句呈现】He also told us that the best way to earn respect was to devote ourselves to study and achieve high grades. (想一想devote ourselves to study中的“to”的词性，devote oneself to=be devoted to)
【考点聚焦】
①She devoted herself to/was devoted to her career, so she had no time to care for her children.
她全力倾注于自己的事业，所以她没有时间照看自己的孩子。
②She is so devoted to her son that she wants him to stay at home rather than go abroad.
她如此疼爱儿子以至于她想让孩子呆在国内而不是到国外去。
③In the past five years he has devoted his free time to planting trees in the countryside.
过去的五年，他将业余时间用于在农村植树。
④He is a devoted friend of mine, a person I can always depend on.
他是我的一位挚友，一个我总是可以依靠的人。
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新概念英语青少版
devote动词。意为：致力于，献身于 devoted形容词。意为：专心的，忠实的，忠诚的，挚爱的be devoted to sb. 疼爱某人 devotion 名词。意为：关爱，关照，奉献，忠诚献身/致力于/专心(做)某事devote oneself to(doing)sth. =be devoted to/(doing)sth.把时间/精力用于做某事/努力做某事devote one’s time/energy/effort to (doing) sth以上词组中的“to”是介词，后跟名词或动名词。类例：be used to= be accustomed to习惯于 look forward to盼望pay attention to注意 lead to导致【考题研读】单项选择题①Mr. Wang decided to devote all his time _______ his spoken English before going abroad.A. improve B. to improve C. improving D. to improving【答案与解析】D。devote sth to doing sth 把……投入到/献给做某事；句意：王先生决定在出国之前把所有的时间都投入到提高英语口语的水平上。②At a very young age, Professor Field used to__________ books on radio. A. devote to translating B. devoting himself to translating C. be devoted to translate D. be devoted to translating 【答案与解析】D。句意：菲尔德教授非常年轻的时候常常致力于翻译有关无线电的书籍。used to中to是不定式符号，后面接动词原形；be devoted to致力于……，to是介词，后面接名词或者动名词作宾语。③He made up his mind to devote all he could to _______ the poor.A. help B. helping C. helped D. helps【答案与解析】B。句中all后he could后省略了do，此处to是介词，故其后用动名词。故选B。句意：他决心奉献他所能做的一切去帮助穷人。1： _______ of you breaks the rule of our class shall be punished.A. Whoever B. Whatever C. Whichever D. Wherever2： The villagers have already known _____ we will rebuild the bridge. A. this B. that C. what D. which3： We were glad to hear _______ he was admitted to Beijing University.A. this B. that C. what D. which4： _____he will come back or not doesn’t matter.A. If B. Whether C. That D. When5： It is under discussion _______ we should build another building to admit more students.A. how B. whether C. that D. when
