So I consciously devoted my life to that."

VOA: special.2010.04.24

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。

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What does Socrates mean when he says his way of life has been devoted almost exclusively ? to private rather than to public matters?

当苏格拉底说,自己的生活方式,只专注在私人而非公共事务时,是什么意思？

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That is something to which he has devoted a huge percentage of his adult life."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Instead, he devoted his life to jurisprudence and moral philosophy.

而是将毕生精力献给了法学和道德哲学。

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