the quality of being dedicated or committed to a task or purpose 奉献,全身心投入 his dedication to his duties. 他对自己职责的全身心投入。
the action of dedicating a church or other building to a deity or saint (将某一教堂或其他建筑用于)供奉(神或圣徒) the dedication of a new city church. 新的市教堂的供奉。 ■[count noun]an inscription dedicating a building in this way 铭文 ■[count noun]the words with which a book or other artistic work is dedicated 题献,题辞
语源
late Middle English: from Latin dedicatio(n-), from dedicare 'devote, consecrate' (see dedicate)