pray

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基本解釋

• vt. 祈禱；懇求；央求
• vi. 祈禱；請；懇求
• n. (Pray)人名；(匈)普勞伊；(英)普雷

詞根記憶

• p + ray(光線)→祈禱光線帶來光明→祈禱

同根派生

• adj性質(zhì)的同根詞

  prayerful：虔誠的；常常禱告的。

• n性質(zhì)的同根詞

  prayer：祈禱，禱告；懇求；祈禱文。

• pray相關(guān)詞

用法辨析

v. (動詞)

• pray的基本意思是“乞求”,指向權(quán)威人物或權(quán)力機(jī)構(gòu)提出請求,尤指向上帝祈禱或祈求。當(dāng)用來表示強(qiáng)烈的要求和請求時,多用在正式文體或文學(xué)作品中。
• pray可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時可接名詞、代詞、動詞不定式(可為被動式)或that從句作賓語,也可接雙賓語,其間接賓語可轉(zhuǎn)化為介詞to的賓語。
• pray還可接以“to be+ adj. ”或動詞不定式充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語。
• pray用作不及物動詞時,后接介詞to和for表示“向神祈禱某事”或“請求某人做某事”; 如只接介詞for則表示“因某事而求(神)”。

• pray使用方法
• pray詳細(xì)辨析

英漢例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

• They knelt down and prayed.
  他們跪下祈禱。

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• Take great care;I pray you!
  要多加小心,我求求你!

S+～+to- v

• He prayed to be given patience to finish the work.
  他祈求賦予他耐心去完成這項(xiàng)工作。

S+～+that-clause

• They prayed that their enemies might be defeated.
  他們祈求上蒼讓敵人失敗。

用作雙賓動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +that-clause

• I pray you that the prisoner may be set free.
  我懇求你釋放那犯人。

S+～+to pron./n. +that-clause

• I pray to God nothing like that ever happens again.
  我期望不再發(fā)生這樣的事情。

用作賓補(bǔ)動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +to be adj.

• I pray you to be careful.
  我求你仔細(xì)一些。

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

• I pray you to think it again.
  我懇求你再好好想一想。

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詞組短語

用作動詞 (v.)

～+副詞

• pray devoutly 虔誠地祈禱
• pray dumbly 〔silently〕 默默祈禱
• pray earnestly 誠摯地祈禱
• pray fervently 熱情地祈禱
• pray secretly 暗中祈禱

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• to speak to a god either privately or in a religious ceremony in order to express love, admiration, or thanks or in order to ask for something
• a forceful way of saying "please"

柯林斯英英字典

• When people pray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help.
• When someone is hoping very much that something will happen, you can say that they are praying that it will happen.

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專業(yè)釋義

能源科學(xué)技術(shù)

• 祈禱