词汇精选：dedicate的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
v.
奉献，献身；致力 [T]
例句：
So what we've done is to dedicate ourselves to saving something of what's left.
所以我们所做的就是献身于拯救一部分还剩下来的东西。
例句：
We must dedicate ourselves to the proposition that all men are created equal.
我们要为人类生来平等的主张而献身。
例句：
So what we've done is to dedicate ourselves to saving something of what's left.
所以我们所做的就是献身于拯救一部分还剩下来的东西。
题献 [T]
例句：
This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother.
谨以此书献给我已故的母亲。
例句：
She dedicated her first album to Woody Allen.
她把自己的第一张专辑献给了伍迪·艾伦。
以…供奉 [T]
例句：
The church is dedicated to St Mary of Bec.
该教堂供奉的是贝克的圣玛丽。
例句：
The other day, in a little church near Brighton, a window was dedicated to the memory of the Revd. Michael Scott.
几天前，在布赖顿附近的一个小教堂，人们以一扇窗户来纪念迈克尔·斯科特牧师。
二、词义辨析：
dedicate,devote
这两个动词均有“奉献”之意。dedicate正式用词，指献身于某一崇高事业或目的，也可指把著作题献给他人。devote普通用词，指决心把全部身心、精力、时间等献给某一目标，某一个人或致力于某一事业。
三、参考例句：
I dedicate the book to my mother.
我谨将此书献给我的母亲。
I dedicate today to love and kindness.
我会伴随着我的爱跟善良去度过今天。
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field.
我们献身于这一领域的一部分。
Dedicate at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.
每天至少花9分钟锻炼身体。
To h I dedicate this volume in token of gratitude.
谨以本书献给史密斯教授以示感激。
We must dedicate ourselves to the proposition that all men are created equal.
我们要为人类生来平等的主张而献身。
He had decided at the age of ten to dedicate himself to his country's cause.
他在十几岁的时候，就决定以身许国。
So what we've done is to dedicate ourselves to saving something of what's left.
所以我们所做的就是献身于拯救一部分还剩下来的东西。
I have written a mantra that I want to dedicate to you.
我写了一篇颂歌献给您。
But in a large sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.
不过，从广义上说，我们没有资格奉献这片土地，也未能给它以荣光，使之神圣。
