The giant, steam, demanded and received the obeisance of every art before devoting his inexhaustible strength to their service. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Then, as I looked up at it, while it dripped, it seemed to my oppressed conscience like a phantom devoting me to the Hulks. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Mrs. Sparsit asked in a light conversational manner, after mentally devoting the whelp to the Furies for being so uncommunicative. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
He was devoting himself to the stew. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
I found that I could not compose a female without again devoting several months to profound study and laborious disquisition. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
But, in spite of all her friends' urgency, and her own wish of seeing Ireland, Miss Fairfax prefers devoting the time to you and Mrs. Bates? 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
His theory and his wishes about devoting his future to teaching had made an impression on Mrs. Yeobright. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
In 1748 he had sold his printing establishment with the purpose of devoting himself to physical experiment, but the cond itions of the time saved him from specialization. 李贝.西洋科学史.