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Research undertaken by the Copenhagen Consensus shows that an excellent approach would be to devote more money to providing the micronutrients that are lacking in poor communities’ diets.《哥本哈根共识》进行的研究显示最佳方法是投入更多资金,提供贫困人口日常饮食中所缺乏的微量营养素。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
These additional costs mean that approximately 20% of the total income that not-for-profit providers can devote to patient care is unavailable.这些额外的费用意味着它们无法将非盈利性服务提供者可以用在病人护理上的总收 入的大约20%用在病人护理上。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010
The administration arguably devoted most of its counterterrorism efforts not to law enforcement operations, but into “war” in Muslim lands because it failed to keep a cool head in the immediate aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington.布什政府无疑并不是将它的大部分反恐措施用于执法行动,而是用于在穆斯林土地上的“战争”,因为它在纽约和华盛顿的攻击之后没有保持清醒的头脑。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010
Indeed, a whole network of publications, some of which manage to parade as mainstream media, is devoted to the task.实际上,有一整套的出版物就是从事这样的工作,其中有些还宣称是主流媒体。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
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special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament
专门讨论裁军问题的大会特别会议
Word forms
devote
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | devoted |
Imperative | devote |
Present Participle (Participle I) | devoting |
Past Participle (Participle II) | devoted |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I devote | we devote |
you devote | you devote |
he/she/it devotes | they devote |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am devoting | we are devoting |
you are devoting | you are devoting |
he/she/it is devoting | they are devoting |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have devoted | we have devoted |
you have devoted | you have devoted |
he/she/it has devoted | they have devoted |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been devoting | we have been devoting |
you have been devoting | you have been devoting |
he/she/it has been devoting | they have been devoting |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I devoted | we devoted |
you devoted | you devoted |
he/she/it devoted | they devoted |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was devoting | we were devoting |
you were devoting | you were devoting |
he/she/it was devoting | they were devoting |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had devoted | we had devoted |
you had devoted | you had devoted |
he/she/it had devoted | they had devoted |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been devoting | we had been devoting |
you had been devoting | you had been devoting |
he/she/it had been devoting | they had been devoting |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will devote | we shall/will devote |
you will devote | you will devote |
he/she/it will devote | they will devote |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be devoting | we shall/will be devoting |
you will be devoting | you will be devoting |
he/she/it will be devoting | they will be devoting |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have devoted | we shall/will have devoted |
you will have devoted | you will have devoted |
he/she/it will have devoted | they will have devoted |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been devoting | we shall/will have been devoting |
you will have been devoting | you will have been devoting |
he/she/it will have been devoting | they will have been devoting |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would devote | we should/would devote |
you would devote | you would devote |
he/she/it would devote | they would devote |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be devoting | we should/would be devoting |
you would be devoting | you would be devoting |
he/she/it would be devoting | they would be devoting |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have devoted | we should/would have devoted |
you would have devoted | you would have devoted |
he/she/it would have devoted | they would have devoted |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been devoting | we should/would have been devoting |
you would have been devoting | you would have been devoting |
he/she/it would have been devoting | they would have been devoting |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am devoted | we are devoted |
you are devoted | you are devoted |
he/she/it is devoted | they are devoted |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being devoted | we are being devoted |
you are being devoted | you are being devoted |
he/she/it is being devoted | they are being devoted |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been devoted | we have been devoted |
you have been devoted | you have been devoted |
he/she/it has been devoted | they have been devoted |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was devoted | we were devoted |
you were devoted | you were devoted |
he/she/it was devoted | they were devoted |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being devoted | we were being devoted |
you were being devoted | you were being devoted |
he/she/it was being devoted | they were being devoted |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been devoted | we had been devoted |
you had been devoted | you had been devoted |
he/she/it had been devoted | they had been devoted |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be devoted | we shall/will be devoted |
you will be devoted | you will be devoted |
he/she/it will be devoted | they will be devoted |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been devoted | we shall/will have been devoted |
you will have been devoted | you will have been devoted |
he/she/it will have been devoted | they will have been devoted |