devoted是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为adj. 献身于的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- During the years following 1865 he even, for a time, deserted his favorite field of labor, fiction, and devoted himself to a popular semi-scientific book, now superseded by later works, entitled "The Illustrated Geography of France and her Colonies."
-- Lord Glenarvan had in them a band of trusty fellows, skilled in their calling, devoted to himself, full of courage, and as practiced in handling fire-arms as in the maneuvering of a ship; a valiant little troop, ready to follow him any where, even in the most dangerous expeditions.
-- "My dear John," replied Glenarvan, "we leave passengers on board, those dearer to us than life, and who is to watch over them but the devoted captain?"
-- How courageous and devoted they are."
-- All Scotland would unite with me to save so devoted a son as he has been to her.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And yet, if it were not for the loss of the charming companionship of the boys, I could rejoice over my own misfortune, for, with my strong tastes for bot-any and zoology, I find an unlimited field of work here, and my sister is as devoted to Nature as I am.
-- When I learned that the missing man was devoted to entomology the identification was complete.'
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'At Ekshaisk (a little town fifteen miles off) there's arich old merchant, who keeps a lot of canaries, has no chil-dren, and he and his wife are devoted to flowers.
-- Prince S. was a distinguished man, he had money, and his future wife was devoted to him; what more could be desired?
-- I told the poor people not to put much hope in me, because I was but a poor schoolboy myself (I am not really, but I humiliated myself as much as possible in order to make them less hope-ful) but that I would go at once to the Vassili Ostroff and see my friend; and that as I knew for certain that his uncle adored him, and was absolutely devoted to him as the last hope and branch of the family, perhaps the old man might do something to oblige his nephew.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But at last in his untraceable evolutions, the White Whale so crossed and recrossed, and in a thousand ways entangled the slack of the three lines now fast to him, that they foreshortened, and, of themselves, warped the devoted boats towards the planted irons in him; though now for a moment the whale drew aside a little, as if to rally for a more tremendous charge.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He had no cause for self-reproach on the score of neglect, or want of thought, for he had been devoted to her service; and yet a hundred little occasions rose up before him, on which he fancied he might have been more zealous, and more earnest, and wished he had been.
-- Before you stake your all on this chance; before you suffer yourself to be carried to the highest point of hope; reflect for a few moments, my dear child, on Rose's history, and consider what effect the knowledge of her doubtful birth may have on her decision: devoted as she is to us, with all the intensity of her noble mind, and with that perfect sacrifice of self which, in all matters, great or trifling, has always been her characteristic.'
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- MY father began life in the profes-sion which your uncle, Mr. Phillips, appears to do so much credit to but he gave up everything to be of use to the late Mr. Darcy and devoted all his time to the care of the Pem-berley property.
-- As a child, she was af-fectionate and pleasing, and extremely fond of me; and I have devoted hours and hours to her amusement.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Her heart was devoted to Willoughby, and the fond attachment to Norland, which she brought with her from Sussex, was more likely to be softened than she had thought it possible before, by the charms which his society bestowed on her present home.
-- With the assistance of his mother-in-law, Sir John was not long in discovering that the name of Ferrars began with an F. and this prepared a future mine of raillery against the devoted Elinor, which nothing but the newness of their acquaintance with Edward could have prevented from being immediately sprung.
-- He was nice in his eating, uncertain in his hours; fond of his child, though affecting to slight it; and idled away the mornings at billiards, which ought to have been devoted to business.
-- Marianne could never love by halves; and her whole heart became, in time, as much devoted to her husband, as it had once been to Willoughby.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- interrupted Carrie, mentioning one of the theatres devoted to melodrama which went by that name at the time.
-- On this account he still devoted some time to showing his wife about--time which would have been wearisome indeed if it had not been for the people he would meet and the little enjoyments which did not depend upon her presence or absence.
-- He was but slightly affected by the intelligence, and devoted himself to the more general topics which would interest Carrie.
-- His pain at her failure to meet or write him rapidly increased as he devoted himself to this subject.
-- The exclusively personal attention which he devoted to each one, standing half bent, ear to one side, elbows akimbo, saying: "Soup--green turtle, yes.
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