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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. I'm praying for Mother to get better.
我正在为母亲的康复而祈祷。

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2. It's no use praying for the weather to change.
祈祷天气转变是徒劳的。

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3. The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out praying and ejaculating "wicked" as he went.
这个小女巫那双美丽的眼睛里添上一种嘲弄的恶毒神气。约瑟夫真的吓得直抖，赶紧跑出去，一边跑一边祷告，还嚷着“恶毒！”

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4. The school picnic is on Sunday, so we're praying for a fine day.
星期日学校要组织一次郊游野餐，我们非常希望那天是个风和日丽的晴天。

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5. You needn't start praying over me yet, I'm still alive!
我还活着呢，你且不必为我祷告！

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