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pray-in

/prey-in/US // ˈpreɪˌɪn //

祈祷中,祈祷在

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a form of social protest in which demonstrators engage in passive resistance and prayer: popular especially in the 1970s.

Examples

  • This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.

  • Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

  • Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”

  • The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.

  • But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.

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

  • Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

  • 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.

  • The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.