The boys, if my eyes did not deceive me, were praying.是什么意思？

The boys, if my eyes did not deceive me, were praying.

如果我没有看错的话，那些男孩子正在祈祷。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

boys

n. 男孩( boy的名词复数 )，儿子，一帮男伙伴，（对本国士兵的昵称）兵哥哥们；

例句
Another time of great excitement for us boys was when war broke out...
对我们男孩子来说另一个极度刺激的时刻是战争爆发。

if

conj. 如果，倘若，即使，〈口〉是否，假设；n. 条件，设想；

例句
She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose...
她长大了，可以自己做主不来吃午餐了。

my

adj. 我的(I的所有格形式)；int. 啊呀，天啊；

例句
Racial discrimination is abhorrent to my council and our staff...
我的顾问班子和全体工作人员都对种族歧视深恶痛绝。

eyes

n. 眼睛( eye的名词复数 )，视力，眼状物，风纪扣扣

例句
Her voice is passionate. Her eyes are ablaze.
她声音激昂，目光如火。

did

v. 做( do的过去式)，干，学习，研究；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

not

adv. 不，[用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等]不是，几乎不，未必，没有[用于否定后面的词或短语]；

例句
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
事实已经很清楚，这件事不是偶发的，它并不是一起孤立的事件。

deceive

v. 欺诈，误

例句
If you can make the last 10 seconds exciting, you can deceive your audience into thinking it's been like that all along.
如果能让最后 10 秒钟紧张刺激，就可以给观众造成场面一直都是如此的假象。

me

pron. （人称代词I的宾格）我；n. 自我，自我的一部分，极端自私的人，[音乐]固定唱法时的E音；

例句
She came in for a coffee, and told me about her friend Shona...
她进来喝了杯咖啡，并向我谈起了她的朋友肖纳。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

praying

v. 祈祷，祷告( pray的现在分词 )，<文或旧>请求，恳求；

例句
South Africans were praying last night that he has read the situation correctly...
昨晚南非人在祈祷他对形势的解读是正确的。