devoted

adjective

/dɪˈvəʊtɪd/

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having great love for somebody/something and supporting them in everything挚爱的；忠诚的；全心全意的
- a devoted son/friend/fan孝子；忠诚的朋友；狂热的崇拜者
- devoted to somebody/something They are devoted to their children.他们深爱着自己的孩子。
- They were totally devoted to each other.他们完全忠诚于彼此。
Synonyms love
love
- like
- be fond of somebody
- adore
- be devoted to somebody
- care for somebody
- dote on somebody
These words all mean to have feelings of liking or caring for somebody.
- love to have strong feelings of caring for somebody:
  I love you.我爱你。
- like to find somebody pleasant and enjoy being with them:
  She’s nice. I like her.她人很好，我喜欢她。
- be fond of somebody to have warm or loving feelings for somebody, especially somebody you have known for a long time:
  I’ve always been very fond of your mother.我一直非常喜欢你的母亲。
- adore to love somebody very much:
  It’s obvious that she adores him.她显然深深地爱着他。
- be devoted to somebody to love somebody very much and support them in everything:
  They are devoted to their children.他们深爱着自己的孩子。
- care for somebody to love somebody, especially in a way that is based on a feeling of liking them very much or wanting to protect them, rather than sex:
  He cared for her more than she realized.她不知道他是多么在乎她。
  Care for somebody is often used when somebody has not told anyone about their feelings or is just starting to be aware of them. It is also used when somebody wishes that somebody loved them, or doubts that somebody does: If he really cared for you, he wouldn’t behave like that.
- dote on somebody to feel and show great love for somebody, ignoring their faults:
  He dotes on his children.他溺爱自己的孩子。
Patterns
- to really love/like/adore/care for/dote on somebody
- to be really/genuinely fond of/devoted to somebody
- to love/like/care for somebody very much
Topics Family and relationshipsc1, Feelingsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- seem
- become
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- to
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