词缀dev+词根ote，中文意思是，v. 献身，致力用于

例如

It can't be denied that we need to devote more resources to this problem.无可否认，我们必须投入更多的资源来解决这个问题。

This refers to all the attention young people devote to their phones， tablets and laptops.这反映了年轻人对手机、平板电脑和笔记本电脑所投入的关注。