先來看一下devote 的單詞意思:
devote vt.奉獻; (給),把…專用(于) 把…奉獻;
過去式:devoted 現(xiàn)在分詞:devoting 過去分詞:devoted 第三人稱單數(shù):devotes
[例句]I would devote my myself to the public.
我會把自己奉獻給公眾.
錯題分析:
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
【賞析】此題最佳答案為B。現(xiàn)分析如下:
(1) devote 意為“致力于,獻身于”,主要用于 devote…to…或be devoted to,其中的to 是介詞,不是不定式符號,故后接動詞時要用動名詞,不用不定式。
(2) 選A錯誤:若將 do 改為 doing 則可以。
(3) 選B正確:all her time devoted to doing experiments為獨立主格結構,用作狀語。
(4) 選C錯誤:因為all her time 與 devote 為被動關系,故應將devoting改為devoted。
(5) 選D錯誤:若單獨看 All her time is devoted to doing experiments,此句并沒有錯,但問題是逗號前后兩個簡單句沒有必要的連接方式,所以從整體上看仍不對,假若在后一句的句首加上and或so,則可選D,或將D中的is 改為 being也可以。
關于devote的用法:
devote to把...獻給;
devote oneself to (doing) sth.
致力于,獻身于
句型:devote one’s time/life/energy to (doing) sth