pray的中文翻译是什么意思
pray
vt. 祈祷，祷告; 请求，恳求; 央求
vi. 祈祷; 请; 恳求
adv. （用于询问或指示）请问，请
pray的柯林斯释义
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。
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。
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？
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。
pray的英文释义
Verb
1. address God; say a prayer
2. call upon in supplication; entreat;
- I beg you to stop!
pray的同义词辨析
ask, beg, demand, require, request, implore, claim, pray, entreat
这些动词均有"要求，请求"之意。
- ask ：最普通用词，指向对方提出要求或请求，长、晚辈，上下级之间都可使用。
- beg ：指恳切地或再三地请求或要求，常含低三下四意味，也多用于应酬场合。
- demand ：一般指理直气壮地提出强烈要求，或坚持不让对方拒绝的要求。
- require ：强调根据事业、需要或纪律、法律等而提出的要求。
- request ：正式用词，指非常正式，有礼貌的请求或恳求，多含担心因种种原因对方不能答应的意味。
- implore ：书面用词，着重指迫切、焦急或痛苦地恳求或哀求，常含较强的感情色彩。
- claim ：指有权或宣称有权得到而公开提出的要求。
- pray ：语气庄重，指热情、诚恳和敬祈的要求，现不很常用。
- entreat ：泛指一般"恳求或哀求"，含企图说服对方或用热烈的请求软化反对意见的意味。
plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray
这些动词均含"请求，恳求"之意。
pray的场景例句
We pray to God to deliver us from evil.
我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来.
We pray you to set the child free.
我们恳求你放了这个孩子.
He got down and began to pray.
他跪下并且开始祈祷.
In times of difficulty, she pray for an oracle to guide her.
在困难的时候, 她祈祷神谕来指引她.
They visited the Shrine of Our Lady to pray for redemption.
他们参观了圣母马利亚的神龛,为赎罪而祈祷.