Devote (pp. & pt. devoted)
vt.把…奉獻(xiàn)（給），把…專用（于）；奉獻(xiàn)

She gladly gave up her part-time job to devote herself entirely to her art.
她欣然辭去了兼職工作，全身心地投入到她的藝術(shù)中去。
Page upon page is devoted to the chain of events leading to the Prime Minister's resignation.
一頁又一頁的篇幅都用來描述導(dǎo)致首相辭職的一連串事件。

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Chronic
adj.慢性的；長(zhǎng)期的；習(xí)慣性的；痼

Anyone who does not believe that smoking is an addiction has never been a chronic smoker.
不相信抽煙能上癮的人肯定不是老煙民。
One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty...
那位藝術(shù)家自殺的一個(gè)原因似乎是極端貧困。
Research and technology are said to be chronically underfunded.
據(jù)說為研究和技術(shù)方面提供的經(jīng)費(fèi)嚴(yán)重不足。

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Smart (pp. & pt. smarted)
adj.聰明的；敏捷的；漂亮的；整齊的
vi.疼痛；感到刺痛；難過
n.創(chuàng)傷；刺痛；疼痛；痛苦
vt.引起…的疼痛（或痛苦、苦惱等）
adv.聰明伶俐地，輕快地，漂亮地

He was smart and well groomed but not good looking...
他儀容整潔，穿戴漂亮，就是人長(zhǎng)得不好看。
He dressed very smartly which was important in those days.
他衣冠楚楚——這一點(diǎn)在那個(gè)時(shí)候很重要。
Buying expensive furniture is not necessarily the smartest move to make.
購買昂貴的家具不見得就是最明智之舉。

劇情百科

婚禮是個(gè)神圣的地方，幸福的新郎新娘，還有各位嘉賓和...奇葩伴郎！不懂人情世故的Sherlock擔(dān)任此重則讓他的朋友們不得不給他提出意見來緩解發(fā)表演說的尷尬。而正好因?yàn)樗麄兊念A(yù)備，才能讓婚禮得意繼續(xù)進(jìn)行。讓我們以誠(chéng)摯的祝愿祝福John與Marry.

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.He is having ______ to conquer his phobia.
他在接受治療以克服自己的恐懼癥。
2.His widow became a virtual _____ for the remainder of her life.
他的寡妻孤寂地度過了余生。

A:本期答案見下期
上期答案：

1.Eade is right to devote several pages to this strange figure.
eade對(duì)這個(gè)奇怪的人做了些貢獻(xiàn)是正確的。
2.Chronic pain is an invisible and agonizing symptom.
慢性疼痛是一種無形的痛苦癥狀。