1 VERB 祈祷；祷告 When people pray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help. 祈祷；祷告 [Also V with quote, V to-inf]
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He spent his time in prison praying and studying. [VERB]
他把狱中的时间都用于祈祷和学习。
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Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God. [VERB + to]
我们现在所要做的就是自助并向上帝祈祷。
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...all those who work and pray for peace. [VERB + for]
所有那些为和平努力和祈祷的人们
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Kelly prayed that God would judge her with mercy. [VERB that]
凯莉祈求在接受最后的审判时能得到上帝的怜悯。
SYN say your prayers, offer a prayer, recite the rosary
2 VERB [usually cont] 祈望；祈求 When someone is hoping very much that something will happen, you can say that they are praying that it will happen. 祈望；祈求
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I'm just praying that somebody in Congress will do something before it's too late. [VERB that]
我只是在祈求国会中会有人在还来得及的时候做点什么。
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One can only pray that the team's manager learns something from it. [VERB that]
大家也只能希冀球队教练从中汲取教训。
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Many were secretly praying for a compromise. [VERB + for]
很多人在暗中祈求和解。
3 ADV [ADVERB with cl] （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. （用于不太友善或气愤但镇定地提问时）请问 [old-fashioned]
4 ADV [ADVERB cl] （用于礼貌地提出要求）请 Pray was used to add politeness to a command. （用于礼貌地提出要求）请 [old-fashioned, politeness]
Quotations
pray: to ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
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