devotion是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 献身， 热诚， 专心，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：
-- Many a time, but for their devotion and courage the small band could not have gone on.
-- Nothing could be more agreeable than such a recital to Lady Helena and Mary Grant; and accordingly Lord Glenarvan hastened to satisfy their curiosity—going over incident by incident, the entire march from one ocean to another, the pass of the Andes, the earthquake, the disappearance of Robert, his capture by the condor, Thalcave's providential shot, the episode of the red wolves, the devotion of the young lad, Sergeant Manuel, the inundations, the caimans, the waterspout, the night on the Atlantic shore—all these details, amusing or terrible, excited by turns laughter and horror in the listeners.
-- He began to speak to Glenarvan at once about it, and adduced all sorts of arguments to advance his cause—his devotion to Lady Helena and his Lordship, how useful could he be in organizing the party, and how useless on board the DUNCAN; everything, in fact, but the main reason, and that he had no need to bring forward.
-- "and what is more, the quartermaster has given us incontestable proofs of his devotion ever since the commencement of the journey."
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Eugene had shown her sympathy and devotion at a crisis when a woman sees no pity, no real comfort in any eyes; when if a man is ready with soothing flatteries, it is because he has an interested motive.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But to a Genevan magistrate, whose mind was occupied by far other ideas than those of devotion and heroism, this elevation of mind had much the appearance of madness.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was high tide of devotion and pride in their hearts, high tide of the Confederacy, for final victory was at hand.
-- Somehow, the hall did not seem so pretty nor the girls so dashing, and the white heat of devotion to the Cause that wasstill shining on every face seemed why, it just seemed silly!
-- Oh, why couldn't she feel like those other women!They werewhole hearted and sincere in their devotion to the Cause.
-- Nothing but my devotion to you would make me, at this stage of my career, turn horse thief and thief of such a horse.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She made use of me to tease other admirers, and she turned the very familiarity between herself and me to the account of putting a constant slight on my devotion to her.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I cannot forgive him for not being more sensible in every word, look, and act of his life, of the affection of his best friend; of the devotion of his best friend; of her unselfishness; of her sacrifice.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This man, whose superhuman devotion to his employers I not only never saw surpassed, nor even equaled, had been hard at work all the time we slept, and at the risk of his life had succeeded in saving the most precious articles of our cargo.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- An evil star occasioned Madame Rigaud to advert to her relations; I reasoned with her on that subject, and remonstrated on the want of duty and devotion manifested in her allowing herself to be influenced by their jealous animosity towards her husband.
-- He appeared to be an artist by profession, and to have been at Rome some time; yet he had a slight, careless, amateur way with him a perceptible limp, both in his devotion to art and his attainments which Clennam could scarcely understand.
-- I know that all your devotion centres in this room, and that nothing to the last will ever tempt you away from the duties you discharge here.
-- The devotion of Mr Sparkler was only to be equalled by the caprice and cruelty of his enslaver.
-- If you loved any one, you would no more be yourself, but you would quite lose and forget yourself in your devotion to him.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Amy was very much im-pressed by John's devotion and Meg's dignity, Beth beamed at them from a distance, while Mr. and Mrs. March sur-veyed the young couple with such tender satisfaction that it was perfectly evident Aunt March was right in calling them as 'unworldly as a pair of babies'.
-- 'He has promised to be very good today, and he can be perfectly elegant if he likes,' returned Amy, and gliding away to warn Hercules to beware of the dragon, which warning caused him to haunt the old lady with a devotion that nearly distracted her.
-- Want of exercise robs them of cheerfulness, and too much devotion to that idol of American women, the teapot, makes them feel as if they were all nerve and no muscle.
-- I'm going into business with a devotion that shall delight Grandfather, and prove to him that I'm not spoiled.
-- Mr. Bhaer's devotion was sincere, however likewise effective for honesty is the best policy in love as in law.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I know that she deserves the best and purest love the heart of man can offer,' said Mrs. Maylie; 'I know that the devotion and affection of her nature require no ordinary return, but one that shall be deep and lasting.
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