pray
vt. 祈禱,禱告; 請求,懇求; 央求
vi. 祈禱; 請; 懇求
adv. (用於詢問或指示)請問,請
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...
他把獄中的時間都用於祈禱和學習。
Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God.
我們現在所要做的就是自助並向上帝祈禱。
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...
我只是在祈求國會中會有人在還來得及的時候做點什麼。
One can only pray that the team's manager learns something from it...
大家也只能希冀球隊教練從中汲取教訓。
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?
梅傑,請問,你都買賣些什麼?
Pray was used to add politeness to a command.
I beg your pardon, pray continue.
抱歉,請繼續。
1. address God; say a prayer
2. call upon in supplication; entreat;
ask, beg, demand, require, request, implore, claim, pray, entreat
這些動詞均有"要求,請求"之意。
plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray
這些動詞均含"請求,懇求"之意。
We pray to God to deliver us from evil.
我們祈求上帝把我們從罪惡中拯救出來.
We pray you to set the child free.
我們懇求你放了這個孩子.
He got down and began to pray.
他跪下並且開始祈禱.
In times of difficulty, she pray for an oracle to guide her.
在困難的時候, 她祈禱神諭來指引她.
They visited the Shrine of Our Lady to pray for redemption.
他們參觀了聖母馬利亞的神龕,為贖罪而祈禱.