pray的中文翻譯是什麼意思
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
pray的柯林斯釋義
VERB祈禱；禱告
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。
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。
ADV（用於不太友善或氣憤但鎮定地提問時）請問
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？
ADV（用於禮貌地提出要求）請
Pray was used to add politeness to a command.
I beg your pardon, pray continue.
抱歉，請繼續。
pray的英文釋義
Verb
1. address God; say a prayer
2. call upon in supplication; entreat;
- I beg you to stop!
pray的同義詞辨析
ask, beg, demand, require, request, implore, claim, pray, entreat
這些動詞均有"要求，請求"之意。
- ask ：最普通用詞，指向對方提出要求或請求，長、晚輩，上下級之間都可使用。
- beg ：指懇切地或再三地請求或要求，常含低三下四意味，也多用於應酬場合。
- demand ：一般指理直氣壯地提出強烈要求，或堅持不讓對方拒絕的要求。
- require ：強調根據事業、需要或紀律、法律等而提出的要求。
- request ：正式用詞，指非常正式，有禮貌的請求或懇求，多含擔心因種種原因對方不能答應的意味。
- implore ：書面用詞，著重指迫切、焦急或痛苦地懇求或哀求，常含較強的感情色彩。
- claim ：指有權或宣稱有權得到而公開提出的要求。
- pray ：語氣莊重，指熱情、誠懇和敬祈的要求，現不很常用。
- entreat ：泛指一般"懇求或哀求"，含企圖說服對方或用熱烈的請求軟化反對意見的意味。
plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray
這些動詞均含"請求，懇求"之意。
pray的場景例句
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.