题目
She gladly gave up her part-time job to ______ herself entirely to her art.A. promoteB. devoteC. remoteD. footnote
She gladly gave up her part-time job to ______ herself entirely to her art.
A. promote
B. devote
C. remote
D. footnote
题目解答
答案
B. devote
解析
本题考查词汇辨析,解题思路是理解每个选项单词的含义,再结合句子语境来判断哪个单词能使句子语义通顺合理。
- A选项“promote”:意为“促进;提升;推销”。例如“promote economic development”(促进经济发展) ,“promote a product”(推销产品)。若将“promote”代入句子“She gladly gave up her part - time job to promote herself entirely to her art.”,句子表达“她高兴地放弃了兼职工作来促进自己全身心投入到艺术中”,“promote...to...”这种搭配在这里语义不通,所以A选项不符合。
- B选项“devote”:常见用法是“devote oneself to...”,表示“致力于;献身于;专心于”。在句子“She gladly gave up her part - time job to devote herself entirely to her art.”中,意思是“她高兴地放弃了兼职工作,全身心地投入到她的艺术中”,语义通顺合理,所以B选项正确。
- C选项“remote”:作形容词时意为“遥远的;偏僻的”,作动词时意为“使远离;使偏僻”。例如“a remote village”(一个偏远的村庄)。显然“remote”与句子语境不相符,所以C选项错误。
- D选项“footnote”:意为“脚注;在……中加脚注”。例如“add a footnote to the article”(在文章中加一个脚注)。“footnote”代入句子后语义混乱,所以D选项错误。