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prayer n.祈祷；祷告；祷文；祈祷者 (1) 她整夜祈祷。(2) 教堂的会众跪下来祈祷。(3) 每天晚上上床前，我都要祈祷。(4) 她的祈祷应验了，儿子平安地回到了家。(5) 教友每周四举行一次祷告会。(6) 她向上帝祷告保佑她丈夫平安回来。(7) 整个教堂在祈祷者的歌声中震荡着。(8) 在我心里最虔诚的祈祷者不是博学的，富有的，有影响力的，或者好的，但是是容光焕发的。 Most religious believers say a prayer from time to time. While some people might use prayer as part of their plan for recovering from an illness, others bend their heads in prayer whenever they attend church or temple services. You can also say a non-religious prayer, just an entreaty or request for help. Prayer, from the Old French prier, has a Latin root: precaria, "obtained by prayer or given as a favor."

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英 [preə(r)] 美 [prer] (1) She had a wakeful night spent in prayer.(2) The congregation in the church knelt in prayer.(3) I say my prayers every night before going to bed.(4) Her prayer answered and her son came home safely.(5) The Brethren hold a prayer meeting every Thursday.(6) She offered up a prayer to God for her husband's safe return.(7) And the whole building rocked with prayer and song.(8) The supreme prayer of my heart is not to be learned, rich, famous, powerful, or "good," but simply to be radiant. A prayer is something you say to a god or deity. Your prayer can be silent words of thanks or a plea for help that's spoken out loud. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]祈祷；祷告 Prayer is the activity of speaking to God. They had joined a religious order and dedicated their lives to prayer and good works...他们已加入一个宗教团体，终生都将祈祷和行善。The night was spent in prayer.整个晚上都在祷告。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]祈祷文；祷词 A prayer is the words a person says when they speak to God. They should take a little time and say a prayer for the people on both sides.他们应该花点时间，为双方的人祈祷。...prayers of thanksgiving.感恩节祈祷文3[N-COUNT 可数名词]祈求的事；祈望 You can refer to a strong hope that you have as your prayer .   [poss N]This drug could be the answer to our prayers.这种药或许可以满足我们的祈望。4[N-PLURAL 复数名词]祈祷仪式 A short religious service at which people gather to pray can be referred to as prayers . He promised that the boy would be back at school in time for evening prayers.他保证男孩会及时回到学校参加晚祈祷。...Muslims attending prayers in the main mosque.在大清真寺参加祈祷的穆斯林5[PHRASE 短语]不可能成功 If you say that someone hasn't got a prayer, you mean that it is impossible for them to succeed in what they are trying to do.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]She'd been caught from behind and hadn't a prayer of freeing herself.有人从后面抓住她，她不可能脱身。

英语单词	prayer
英美音标	英 [preə(r)] 美 [prer]
中文释义	n.祈祷；祷告；祷文；祈祷者
英语例句	(1) She had a wakeful night spent in prayer. (2) The congregation in the church knelt in prayer. (3) I say my prayers every night before going to bed. (4) Her prayer answered and her son came home safely. (5) The Brethren hold a prayer meeting every Thursday. (6) She offered up a prayer to God for her husband's safe return. (7) And the whole building rocked with prayer and song. (8) The supreme prayer of my heart is not to be learned, rich, famous, powerful, or "good," but simply to be radiant.
中文例句	(1) 她整夜祈祷。 (2) 教堂的会众跪下来祈祷。 (3) 每天晚上上床前，我都要祈祷。 (4) 她的祈祷应验了，儿子平安地回到了家。 (5) 教友每周四举行一次祷告会。 (6) 她向上帝祷告保佑她丈夫平安回来。 (7) 整个教堂在祈祷者的歌声中震荡着。 (8) 在我心里最虔诚的祈祷者不是博学的，富有的，有影响力的，或者好的，但是是容光焕发的。
vocabulary简明	A prayer is something you say to a god or deity. Your prayer can be silent words of thanks or a plea for help that's spoken out loud.
vocabulary扩展	Most religious believers say a prayer from time to time. While some people might use prayer as part of their plan for recovering from an illness, others bend their heads in prayer whenever they attend church or temple services. You can also say a non-religious prayer, just an entreaty or request for help. Prayer, from the Old French prier, has a Latin root: precaria, "obtained by prayer or given as a favor."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]祈祷；祷告 Prayer is the activity of speaking to God. They had joined a religious order and dedicated their lives to prayer and good works... 他们已加入一个宗教团体，终生都将祈祷和行善。 The night was spent in prayer. 整个晚上都在祷告。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]祈祷文；祷词 A prayer is the words a person says when they speak to God. They should take a little time and say a prayer for the people on both sides. 他们应该花点时间，为双方的人祈祷。 ...prayers of thanksgiving. 感恩节祈祷文 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]祈求的事；祈望 You can refer to a strong hope that you have as your prayer . [poss N] This drug could be the answer to our prayers. 这种药或许可以满足我们的祈望。 4 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]祈祷仪式 A short religious service at which people gather to pray can be referred to as prayers . He promised that the boy would be back at school in time for evening prayers. 他保证男孩会及时回到学校参加晚祈祷。 ...Muslims attending prayers in the main mosque. 在大清真寺参加祈祷的穆斯林 5 [PHRASE 短语]不可能成功 If you say that someone hasn't got a prayer, you mean that it is impossible for them to succeed in what they are trying to do. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] She'd been caught from behind and hadn't a prayer of freeing herself. 有人从后面抓住她，她不可能脱身。

Prayer Night Religious Time People Spent Church God