consecrate
单词辨析：
较正式用词，通常指献身于崇高的事业或活动。
He dedicated his life to serving the people.
他毕生致力于为人民服务。
She dedicated herself to art.
她献身艺术。
指把生命、精力、时间等用于某一目标、事业等，常与介词 to 连用。
She devoted her attention to her work.
她专心于工作。
He devoted himself to developing the space industry.
他投身于发展航天工业。
相关例句：
Seven days they shall make expiation for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.
26七日内，祭司要为坛遮罪，洁净坛；要这样把坛分别为圣。
She helped the maidens prepare and consecrate their lives during their periods of expectancy.
她帮助少女在期待的时期准备和奉献她们生命。
Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
你洁净坛的时候，坛就洁净了；且要用膏抹坛，使坛成圣。
Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
亚伦和他的子孙分出来，好分别至圣的物，在耶和华面前烧香，事奉他，奉他的名祝福，直到永远。
Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.
所以你们要自洁成圣，因为我是耶和华你们的神。
Since many in the crowd had not consecrated themselves, the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and could not consecrate their lambs to the Lord.
会中有许多人尚未自洁，所以利未人为一切不洁之人宰逾越节的羊羔，使他们在耶和华面前成为圣洁。