| [/preə(r); prɛr/] n 用法:
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. 用法:
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. 用法:
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. |