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pray

/prey/US // preɪ //UK // (preɪ) //

祈祷,祷告,祷,祈祷吧

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to.
    • : to offer.
    • : to bring, put, etc., by praying: to pray a soul into heaven.
    • : to make earnest petition to.
    • : to make petition or entreaty for; crave: She prayed his forgiveness.
    • : to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to God or to an object of worship.
    • : to enter into spiritual communion with God or an object of worship through prayer.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make entreaty or supplication, as to a person or for a thing.

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Examples

  • He said parents of some of his students have emailed him, saying that they are praying for his safety and that their children fear he will contract the virus.

  • I prayed that this late-night scramble in a poorly ventilated hospital hallway wouldn’t become a superspreader event.

  • At night, she returns to the home she shares with her elderly mother-in-law, praying the coronavirus isn’t traveling inside her.

  • They’re also rated to last roughly 70 million clicks before they start to break down, so it should last for quite some time even if you fully subscribe to the “spray-and-pray” school of first-person shooting games.

  • If he and other Christians had been able to pray outside while senators voted inside, he feels certain it would have changed their votes.

  • Or as Azealia Banks would say, “I pray for this Clueless White Girl”.

  • That is a lot to pray for, but Pope Francis is praying for all of us.

  • “I wake up and I pray, and then I see visions and I explain all those to my mom,” who would give her canvases to re-create them.

  • Let us pray for peace, not violence for Ferguson and our country no matter what the jury in their wisdom might decide.

  • “I just pray that everyone just keep their children safe,” Anderson said.

  • "It is good to pray here," she said, in a tone the mildness and sincerity of which made the reproach more cutting.

  • What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?

  • Nigel might pray to a pale Madonna; Isaacson dealt with a definitely blunted woman of the world.

  • He attempts to pray and make supplication—yea, even he endeavours to perform the service.

  • During this and the following days, old and young proceed from one church to another, to pray for the souls of the departed.

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