pray
美[preɪ] 英[preɪ]
v. 祈祷；请求；恳求；祈求
双解释义
v.(动词)- vt. ＆ vi. 祈祷; 乞求 commune with God; make requests known; ask sb as a favour
英英释义
Verb- address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer;
"pray to the Lord"
- call upon in supplication; entreat;
"I beg you to stop!"
组词搭配
～+副词- pray devoutly虔诚地祈祷
- pray dumbly〔silently〕默默祈祷
- pray earnestly诚挚地祈祷
- pray fervently热情地祈祷
- pray secretly暗中祈祷
- pray solemnly庄严地祈祷
- pray down〔out〕求神降伏
- pray down enemy求神降伏敌人
～+介词- pray against祈祷不要发生…
- pray at one's knee跪在某人的膝下恳求
- pray before a shrine在神龛前祈祷
- pray for the success of为…的成功而祈祷
- pray to sb for sth为某事祈求某人
例句
用作动词(v.)- She prays to god to keep her son from harm.她祈祷上帝保佑儿子平安。
- They went to the mosque to pray.他们去清真寺做祷告。
- I earnestly pray for your pardon.我恳切地请求你原谅。
- I pray that you will have pity on my distress.我请求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。
- We pray you to set the child free.我们恳求你放了这个孩子。
- We pray you for mercy/to show mercy.我们恳求你发慈悲.
- They prayed that their enemies might be defeated.他们祈求上苍让敌人失败。
- I'll pray to God for your safety.我祈求上帝保你平安。
词语用法
v.(动词)pray的基本意思是“乞求”,指向权威人物或权力机构提出请求,尤指向上帝祈祷或祈求。当用来表示强烈的要求和请求时,多用在正式文体或文学作品中。 pray可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时可接名词、代词、动词不定式(可为被动式)或that从句作宾语,也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词to的宾语。 pray还可接以“to be+ adj. ”或动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。 pray用作不及物动词时,后接介词to和for表示“向神祈祷某事”或“请求某人做某事”; 如只接介词for则表示“因某事而求(神)”。
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