pray
柯林斯词典
1. V-I When people pray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help. 祈禱
He spent his time in prison praying and studying. 他把在獄中的時間花在了祈禱和學習上。
Now all we have to do is help ourselves and pray to God. 現在我們要做的是自救和曏上帝祈禱。
2. V-T When someone is hoping very much that something will happen, you can say that they are praying that it will happen. 祈望[usu cont]
I'm just praying that somebody in Congress will do something before it's too late. 我衹祈望國會中有人在還來得及的時候做點什麽。
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pray /preɪ/ (praying,prayed,prays)
剑桥词典
- A2 [ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
- We pray for deliverance from our sins .
- Let us pray for those who are not so fortunate as ourselves.
- The people all fell to their knees and began to pray.
- We're having the party in the garden , so I'm praying it'll be sunny .
- He knelt in front of the altar and prayed. 返回 pray
to speak to a god either privately or in a religious ceremony in order to express love , admiration , or thanks or in order to ask for something
禱告，祈禱
She knelt and prayed silently. 她跪下默默祈禱。
Let us pray for the victims of this terrible disaster . 讓我們爲這次可怕災難的受害者祈禱吧。
[ 詞或詞組後麪接一個that從句 ] We've been praying to God that your son will make a complete recovery . 我們一直在祈禱上帝讓你的兒子完全康複。
formal You must pray (= ask for) God's forgiveness for what you have done. 你必須祈求上帝寬恕你的所作所爲。
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]
to hope for something very much
強烈地希望；祈望，祈求
We're praying for good weather for tomorrow's game . 我們祈禱明天的比賽有個好天氣。
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