to give a lot of your time and effort to a particular activity or purpose because you think it is important 把…奉献给 SYN: devote
~ yourself/sth to sth
She dedicates herself to her work.
她献身于自己的工作。
~ yourself/sth to doing sth
He dedicated his life to helping the poor.
他毕生致力于帮助穷人。
to hold an official ceremony to say that a building or an object has a special purpose or is special to the memory of a particular person 为…举行奉献典礼；为（建筑物等）举行落成典礼
~ sth
The chapel was dedicated in 1880.
这座小教堂于 1880 年举行献堂典礼。
~ sth to sb/sth
A memorial stone was dedicated to those who were killed in the war.
为阵亡将士纪念碑举行了落成典礼。