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pray
pr preɪ
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense prays, present participle praying, past tense , past participle prayed
1 VERB 祈祷;祷告 When people pray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help. 祈祷;祷告 [Also V with quote, V to-inf]
  • He spent his time in prison praying and studying. [VERB]

    他把狱中的时间都用于祈祷和学习。

  • Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God. [VERB + to]

    我们现在所要做的就是自助并向上帝祈祷。

  • ...all those who work and pray for peace. [VERB + for]

    所有那些为和平努力和祈祷的人们

  • Kelly prayed that God would judge her with mercy. [VERB that]

    凯莉祈求在接受最后的审判时能得到上帝的怜悯。

SYN say your prayers, offer a prayer, recite the rosary
2 VERB [usually cont] 祈望;祈求 When someone is hoping very much that something will happen, you can say that they are praying that it will happen. 祈望;祈求
  • I'm just praying that somebody in Congress will do something before it's too late. [VERB that]

    我只是在祈求国会中会有人在还来得及的时候做点什么。

  • One can only pray that the team's manager learns something from it. [VERB that]

    大家也只能希冀球队教练从中汲取教训。

  • Many were secretly praying for a compromise. [VERB + for]

    很多人在暗中祈求和解。

3 ADV [ADVERB with cl] (用于不太友善或气愤但镇定地提问时)请问 Pray is used when asking a question in a rather unfriendly way or in an angry but calm way. (用于不太友善或气愤但镇定地提问时)请问 [old-fashioned]
  • And what, pray, do you buy and sell, Major?

    梅杰,请问,你都买卖些什么?

4 ADV [ADVERB cl] (用于礼貌地提出要求)请 Pray was used to add politeness to a command. (用于礼貌地提出要求)请 [old-fashioned, politeness]
  • I beg your pardon, pray continue.

    抱歉,请继续。

Quotations
pray: to ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
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