Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of these United States, is everlasting in the memory of his countrymen, for on the battleground at Gettysburg this is what he said: He said: "That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion: that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain;

VOA: special.2011.02.07

All of those who were conquered are put to the ban or the herem that's the sacred devotion of objects and persons to God, which entailed killing them, so they were utterly destroyed.

那些被虏获的人都被禁止,那是为上帝敬献的物品或者人，也就意味着杀了他们，因此他们完全被毁灭。

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All of this is the result of his devotion to the divine command.

这些全部是因为,自己尊敬神明指示的结果。

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It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation,under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people,for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

VOA: special.2009.11.12

It is the center of his life and it explains the Greeks devotion to the independence, to the autonomy of the polis, and their desire to beautify and make it as great as it could possibly be.

这理论是伯里克利的一生所求,并且它解释了希腊人民,为何对独立,对城邦的自治权,如此忠护,以及他们为何如此渴望,去竭尽全力地美化和建设城邦

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And today,they gave their lives, and their last full measure of devotion,to protect ours,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

He presents himself, in other words, as a human being of unparalleled piety and devotion who will risk life itself rather than quit the post that has been given to him.

他呈现的自我，换句话说，是极度虔诚敬神的人类,甚至压下自己的生命作赌注,也不愿放弃这个天赐的角色。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

(Sound From "The Twilight Saga: New Moon") Even the devotion of her longtime best friend Jacob does little to console her.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

He is under some kind of divine edict and it is precisely his devotion to this divine command, to this particular kind of calling that has led him to neglect his worldly affairs.

他深受某种,神明勒令的指示,也确是他对神明指示，对这种特殊召唤的虔诚,引导他忽视身旁的世俗杂事。

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"But the most wonderful thing is that despite all those tensions, people are able to worship freely, there is such a variety of different devotion and celebration in the streets of Jerusalem, and that's the spirit that really should predominate at this time."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01