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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That sounds like a good idea. I have a few friends I could ring to see if they're free.
听起来是个好主意。我可以打电话给我的几个朋友看看他们是否有空。
Start by making a list of all the types of books that you enjoy reading in Chinese.
首先列出一个清单，把你喜欢读的各类中文书都开列出来。
Gandhi believed that one should be able to love the most ordinary being on earth as oneself.
甘地认为一个人应能像爱他自己一样去爱世界上最普通的人。