and NATO forces in Afghanistan recently warned of mission failure unless more troops and resources are devoted to the effort.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

So in any case, hermeneutics is devoted to the discovery of meaning and the art that it's concerned with is the art of interpretation.

所以解释学注重研究内容,并且将它和语言的应用相联系。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So, we devoted a lecture early on--of a couple of weeks ago, to individual differences across people in intelligence and personality.

几周之前我们用了一整节课，来讲人与人之间的智力与个性差异。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

These trends are reported in a special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, entirely devoted to cancer research.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

In fact, he claims, he was so far from such debauchery that he had devoted his entire early life to the ideal of virginity.

他声称，事实上他离放荡还差远了,因为他年轻时完全沉浸于贞操理想中。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And fans can keep on soaking it in. As "Lost" continues in syndication,on DVD and on countless Websites devoted to the extraordinary adventure.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

In fact, next semester I'm teaching an entire course devoted to Hobbes' critique of religion in which this will, among other things, figure prominently.

下学期我会开一门课,专门讲霍布斯,对宗教的评述，尤其是对那些，重要杰出人物的评价。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Raised in Rabbitskin River, more than 2,100 kilometers north of Vancouver, he has devoted himself to preserving the stories and traditions of the Dene people.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

And indeed, as it happens, in our department this very semester there is such a class devoted, all semester, to the topic of consciousness.

当然,这也的确是如此,我们系在这一学期,就有这么一个班,花了整整一个学期,来讨论意识问题

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He honored former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, cancer researcher Dr.Janet Davison Rowley, actress Chita Rivera, and tennis great Billie Jean King, who devoted years to opening opportunities for woman and girls in sports.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

In fact, language is sufficiently interesting that, unlike most other things I'll talk about in this class, there is an entier field devoted to this study the field of linguistics that is entirely devoted to studying the nuances and structures of different languages.

事实上,语言是非常有意思的,与本门课上探讨的其他主题不同,对它的研究形成了一个完整的专业,即语言学专业,这个专业致力于研究各种语言的,细微差异及其结构

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And when the Nazis rose to power in the 1930s he was identified as a Jew who was devoted to destroying the most sacred notions of Christianity, and to many, to some extent, many people see him this way.

上世纪30年代，纳粹势力崛起时,他被认为是一个,致力于摧毁基督教之中,最神圣的观念的犹太人，在某种程度上，这是很多人对他的看法。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

We don't know the intended recipient of this letter, and we actually have no idea whether Milton actually sent the letter; but a couple of drafts of this letter actually exist in Milton's own hand, and the letter is clearly a document that Milton had devoted some energy and some time to. We need to look at it.

我们不知道收件人是谁，我们也不清楚弥尔顿到底有没有寄这封信;,但这份信的草稿确实在弥尔顿那里，弥尔顿显然对这封信投入了不少,时间和精力，我们来看看。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选