Prayer
[ prɛr ]
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n. 祈祷;祈祷（习惯）;祈祷文;经文;
💡 词根助记
pray祈祷 + er表物 →祷文,祷辞
📝 例句
His hands were clasped (together) in prayer.
他祈祷时双手十指交叉（在一起）握着.
She says her prayers every night before she goes to bed.
她每晚就寝前念祷文。
A cry sprang to his lips, a prayer to be let off.
他几乎要哭叫起来，就象是祈求免罚的祷词，要夺口而出了。
an [the] answer to a maiden's prayer
少女理想中的白马王子
We hope our prayers will be answered.
我们希望我们的祈望会得到回应。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ player-比赛者,prayer-祈祷:比赛者的祈祷是胜利
※ pray-祈祷,er-拼音“儿”:祈祷时祷文由牧帅的儿子念
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
prayer
n
1
(a) [C] ~ (for sth) solemn request to God or to an object of worship 祈祷; 祷告
say one's prayers 做祷告
a prayer for forgiveness, rain, success 为获得宽恕、 雨水、 成功而做的祷告
He arrived, as if in answer to her prayers. 他终於来了, 好像她祷告很灵验.
(b) fixed form of words used for this祈祷文
the Lord's Prayer 主祷文
prayers he had learnt as a child 他儿时念过的祈祷文.
2 [U] action of praying 祈祷; 祷告
spend time in prayer 做祷告
Let us kneel in prayer. 我们跪下祈祷吧.
She believed in the power of prayer. 她相信祈祷的力量.
3
(a) [sing] form of religious service consisting mainly of prayers （宗教的）祈祷式
Evening/Morning Prayer 晚[早]祷.
(b) prayers[pl]
informal meeting in order to pray （非正式的）祷告会
family/morning/evening/daily prayers 家庭的[早晨的/晚上的/每天的]祷告会.
🎯 考研助记
后缀:er 表示物(与某事有关之物)或动物
🔁 扩展释义
*[prєә, 'preiә]n. 祈祷, 恳求, 祷辞, 祈祷者
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Greetings, learned judge! I do not envy you your job. This is a most troublesome case.
您好，博学的法官！我并不羡慕您的职业。这是一个最麻烦的案子。
A few days later about 140 black people were taken and put on a tall sailing ship waiting off the coast.
几天以后，大约140名黑人被带到一艘停靠在海岸边的大帆船上。
All the bees that had been at the nearby place were doing the circling dance.
所有在近处点的蜜蜂在跳一种完全不同的舞蹈，一种摇摆舞。