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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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1. VERB 祈祷；祷告 When people pray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help. 

  • He spent his time in prison praying and studying...

    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.

    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...

    所有那些为和平努力和祈祷的人们

2. VERB 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. 

  • I'm just praying that somebody in Congress will do something before it's too late...

    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...

    大家也只能希冀球队教练从中汲取教训。

  • Many were secretly praying for a compromise.

    很多人在暗中祈求和解。

3. ADV （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. 

  • And what, pray, do you buy and sell, Major?

    梅杰，请问，你都买卖些什么？

4. ADV （用于礼貌地提出要求）请 Pray was used to add politeness to a command. 

  • I beg your pardon, pray continue.

    抱歉，请继续。

1. All the time they agonized and prayed.
他们一直在忍受痛苦并且祈祷。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. Aunt Polly knelt down and prayed for Tom so touchingly.
波莉姨妈跪下来，为汤姆祈祷，很令人感动。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He prayed to God night and day to endue him with the spirit of holiness.
他日夜祈求上帝赋予他虔敬的心。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He prayed to be forgiven.
他祈求宽恕。

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5. I loosed off my last arrow, I prayed that the deer would fall.
我射出最后一箭时，祈祷着鹿会倒下。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.
几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. The devout man prayed daily.
那位虔诚的男士每天都祈祷。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. The priest prayed for the dying man.
牧师为死者做祷告。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. They knelt down and prayed.
他们跪下祈祷。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. We prayed that she would recover.
我们为她尽快康复而祈祷。

来自《简明英汉词典》