pray近义词

1. address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer;

   "pray to the Lord"
   

2. call upon in supplication; entreat;

   "I beg you to stop!"
   

1.祈祷；祷告
When peoplepray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help.

e.g. He spent his time in prison praying and studying...
他把狱中的时间都用于祈祷和学习。
e.g. Now all we have to do is help ourselves and topray to God.
我们现在所要做的就是自助并向上帝祈祷。

2.祈望；祈求
When someone is hoping very much that something will happen, you can say that theyare praying that it will happen.

e.g. 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。
e.g. One can onlypray 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.（用于不太友善或气愤但镇定地提问时）请问
Pray is used when asking a question in a rather unfriendly way or in an angry but calm way.

e.g. And what,pray, do you buy and sell, Major?
梅杰，请问，你都买卖些什么？

4.（用于礼貌地提出要求）请
Pray was used to add politeness to a command.

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e.g. I beg your pardon,pray continue.
抱歉，请继续。

1. They knelt down and prayed.
   他们跪下祈祷。
2. They went to the mosque to pray.
   他们上清真寺去祈祷。

1. Take great care;I pray you!
   要多加小心,我求求你!
2. Leave;I pray you.
   走吧,我求求你。
3. I pray you, please be kind.
   我求求你,请你发发慈悲。
4. We pray God's forgiveness.
   我们祈求上帝的宽恕。
5. He prayed permission.
   他恳求允许。

1. He prayed to be given patience to finish the work.
   他祈求赋予他耐心去完成这项工作。
2. She prayed to be allowed to go.
   她恳求让她走。
3. Many times when he was in terrible pain he had prayed to be allowed to die.
   多少次当他极度痛苦时,他恳求让他去死。
4. I'm praying for mother to get better.
   我在祷祝母亲身体康复。

1. They prayed that their enemies might be defeated.
   他们祈求上苍让敌人失败。
2. The farmers were praying that it would rain soon.
   农民们祈望快快下雨。
3. We all prayed that we might be successful in our research program.
   我们都祈祷,愿我们的研究项目获得成功。
4. I pray that you'll have pity on my distress.
   我请求你可怜我的不幸遭遇。
5. Praying that she would not see me,I hurried down the street.
   我匆匆沿街走去,祈望她不会看到我。

1. I pray you that the prisoner may be set free.
   我恳求你释放那犯人。
2. I pray you that such drastic action should not be taken.
   我恳求你不要做如此激烈的活动。
3. Pray God she is safe.
   祈求上帝保佑她平安。
4. I pray God that it will last not long.
   我向上帝祈祷这一切早日了结。

1. I pray to God nothing like that ever happens again.
   我期望不再发生这样的事情。
2. We prayed to God that they would be safe.
   我们祈求上帝保佑他们平安无事。
3. He prayed to God that he might be forgiven.
   他祈求上帝饶恕他。

1. I pray you to be careful.
   我求你仔细一些。
2. I pray you to be diligent.
   我恳求你勤奋些。

1. I pray you to think it again.
   我恳求你再好好想一想。
2. We do pray you to show mercy.
   我们恳求你发发慈悲。
3. Joe prayed us not to tell his wife the truth.
   乔求我们不要把实情告诉他妻子。

• I pray you, which is the way to master Jew's?

  出自：Merchant of Venice,Shakespeare

• He..prayed them to keep still that he might count them.

  出自：E. Bowen

1. pray的基本意思是“乞求”,指向权威人物或权力机构提出请求,尤指向上帝祈祷或祈求。当用来表示强烈的要求和请求时,多用在正式文体或文学作品中。
2. pray可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时可接名词、代词、动词不定式(可为被动式)或that从句作宾语,也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词to的宾语。
3. pray还可接以“to be+ adj. ”或动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
4. pray用作不及物动词时,后接介词to和for表示“向神祈祷某事”或“请求某人做某事”; 如只接介词for则表示“因某事而求(神)”。