prays

英 [preɪz]

美 [preɪz]

v.  祈祷; 祷告; 企盼; 祈望
pray的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 祈祷；祷告
  When peoplepray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help.
  1. He spent his time in prison praying and studying...
     他把狱中的时间都用于祈祷和学习。
  2. 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。
  3. ...all those who work and pray for peace...
     所有那些为和平努力和祈祷的人们
  4. Kelly prayed that God would judge her with mercy.
     凯莉祈求在接受最后的审判时能得到上帝的怜悯。
• VERB 祈望；祈求
  When someone is hoping very much that something will happen, you can say that theyare praying thatit will happen.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Many were secretly praying for a compromise.
     很多人在暗中祈求和解。
• ADV （用于不太友善或气愤但镇定地提问时）请问
  Prayis used when asking a question in a rather unfriendly way or in an angry but calm way.
  1. 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
  Praywas used to add politeness to a command.
  1. I beg your pardon, pray continue.
     抱歉，请继续。

双语例句

• My mother says I was born on an evil day and prays for me.
  妈妈说我出生的日子不吉利，并为我祈祷。
• Because it is angel cursing, demon prays that.
  因为它是天使的诅咒，恶魔的祝福。
• Even though I live half the world away from her now, I know she thinks about me and prays for me every day.
  尽管现在我住在离她半个世界之远，我知道她挂念着我并且天天为我祷告。我喜欢收到她电子邮件并且在电话上和她聊天。
• So every day he prays not to succumb to it and to focus on what matters to him.
  所以，他每天祈祷自己不要屈服在贪婪的心理之下，而要把心思放在对自己重要的事情上。
• From your blog I should say no one prays to those things you mentioned, they were destroyed along with the roman culture.
  从你的博客中也可以看出来，没有人向你所提到的那些事物祷告，它们已经同罗马文化一起被毁了。
• She always prays for our family, especially when one of us is away.
  她总是为我们一家人祈祷，尤其是有人出门在外时。
• And Ma still prays for you every night.
  妈妈每天晚上为你祈祷。
• This incident can teach us how much God will do for a child of his who prays.
  藉著这件事例，我们可以看见当神听见祂的儿女向祂呼求时，祂愿意帮助他们到怎样的一个地步。
• A Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation.
  天主教的圣礼；牧师为将死的人涂油以祈求获得拯救。
• That is why Paul prays, and we must pray with him, that God through His Spirit would teach us to believe in His almighty power.
  这就是保罗要祷告的原因。我们也必须和他一同祷告，好叫神藉祂的圣灵能教导我们相信祂的大能大力。