prayed是什么意思？

prayed

• v. 祈祷，祷告( pray的过去式和过去分词 )，<文或旧>请求，恳求；

例句

• We prayed that she would recover. 我们为她尽快康复而祈祷。
• They knelt down and prayed. 他们跪下祈祷。
• The world in prayed for China that refuels air - blowing for China! 全世界都在为中国祈祷,为中国加油鼓气!
• From lapsing into eagerness on this point she earnestly prayed she might be delivered. 她诚心祝祷,但愿她不致在这个问题上花费太多的精力.
• All the time they agonized and prayed. 他们一直在忍受痛苦并且祈祷.
• Josiah Franklin often prayed hymns at home in the evening. 晚上乔赛亚?富兰克林常在家里拉赞歌.
• But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed. 尽管我哭泣过斋戒过, 哭泣过祈祷过.
• She prayed she wouldn't come in and find them there, bellowing at each other. 她祈祷自己进来后不会看到他们冲着彼此大吼大叫。
• She prayed now. "Lord, help me to find courage." 她马上祈祷道：“上帝呀，请赐我勇气吧。”
• His mother summoned him, upbraided him, wept and prayed. 他母亲把他叫到跟前训斥了一番，又哭哭啼啼地向上帝祷告。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  祈祷；祷告
  When people pray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help.
  例句
  He spent his time in prison praying and studying... 他把狱中的时间都用于祈祷和学习。 Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God. 我们现在所要做的就是自助并向上帝祈祷。
• VERB
  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.
  例句
  I'm just praying that somebody in Congress will do something before it's too late... 我只是在祈求国会中会有人在还来得及的时候做点什么。 One can only pray that the team's manager learns something from it... 大家也只能希冀球队教练从中汲取教训。
• ADV
  （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.
  例句
  And what, pray, do you buy and sell, Major? 梅杰，请问，你都买卖些什么？
• ADV
  （用于礼貌地提出要求）请
  Pray was used to add politeness to a command.
  例句
  I beg your pardon, pray continue. 抱歉，请继续。