3N-COUNT 祈求的事;祈望 You can refer to a strong hope that you have as your prayer . 祈求的事;祈望
This drug could be the answer to our prayers.
这种药或许可以满足我们的祈望。
4N-PLURAL 祈祷仪式 A short religious service at which people gather to pray can be referred to as prayers . 祈祷仪式
He promised that the boy would be back at school in time for evening prayers.
他保证男孩会及时回到学校参加晚祈祷。
...Muslims attending prayers in the main mosque.
在大清真寺参加祈祷的穆斯林
5PHRASE [VERB inflects, oft PHRof -ing]不可能成功 If you say that someone hasn't got a prayer, you mean that it is impossible for them to succeed in what they are trying to do. 不可能成功 [informal]
She'd been caught from behind and hadn't a prayer of freeing herself.
有人从后面抓住她,她不可能脱身。
Quotations
More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams ofAlfred, Lord TennysonMorte d'Arthur
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayersOscar WildeAn Ideal Husband
The wish for prayer is a prayer in itselfGeorges BernanosJournal d'un cure de campagne
In prayer the lips ne'er act the winning part, Without the sweet concurrence of the heartRobert HerrickThe Heart
One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayerG.E. LessingMinna von Barnhelm