◆devote v.

表示“把……献给(用在)……”，通常只用作及物动词。表示把时间、金钱、精力、劳力、生命等奉献于……，或专心于或致力于……。常与介词 to 连用(注意不要将此介词误认为是不定式符号)。主要用于以下结构：

1. devote oneself to……

She devoted herself to tennis in her teens. 她少女时代热爱网球。

The man devoted himself to helping the poor. 这个人致力于帮助穷人。

2. devote sth to……

Please devote more time to your work. 请在工作上多花点时间。

Mary devoted her life to caring for the sick. 玛丽献身于为病人服务。

3. be devoted to……

He is devoted to himself alone. 他只顾自己。

She is devoted to her children. 她深爱她的孩子。

This dictionary is devoted to explaining word usage. 这本词典是解释词的用法的。

◆diary n.

表示“写日记”，英语通常用动词 keep, 但有时也用 write。用不同动词含义稍有差别：keep a diary 侧重指记日记的习惯(write things in a diary regularly)，而 write a diary则侧重指“写”这一动作，因此要表示往日记里写什么东西时，要用 write。如：

Did you keep a diary while you were traveling in Europe?你在欧洲旅行时记日记吗?

He took out his diary and began to write. 他拿出日记本就写了起来。

He wrote everything he saw in his diary. 他把所看到的情况都写进日记里。

有时两者都可用。如：

I keep [write] a diary in English. 我用英语写日记。

A diarist is a person who keeps [writes] a diary. 日记作 者即指写日记的人。

◆dictation n.

1. 表示“听写”这一行为或过程，是不可数名词。如：

We have dictation today. 今天我们要听写了。

Dictation makes my throat sore. 听写把我的嗓子读痛了。

2. 表示“听写”的内容或材料，是可数名词。如：

Please hand in your dictations. 请把你们的听写(材料)交上来。

The teacher gave us two dictations today. 老师要我们听写了两次(或两份材料)。

◆dictionary n.

汉语中的“查字典”，通常的表达是：

a. look up sth in a (the) dictionary

b. consult a [the] dictionary

Look up these words in the dictionary. 在字典查查这些词。

If you want to know how a word is used, look it up in the

dictionary. 你要想知道一个词的用法，就去查字典。

He often consulted a dictionary when he read the book. 他读这本书时经常查字典。

注：不少人认为不能直接说 look up the dictionary, 其实这种表达在现代英语中也可以用，请看以下摘自权威词书的实例：

I spend more time looking up the dictionary than reading

the book. 我读这本书时查字典的时间还多些。

Look up the dictionary and explain the meaning of theitalicized words. 查字典然后解释斜体词的意思。

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