prayer

英 [preə(r)]

美 [prer]

n.  祷告，祈祷(的内容); 祈祷文; 经文; 祈祷(的行为)

复数：prayers　

高考CET4CET6考研TEM8

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2644 / COCA.2098

习惯用语

n.

on a wing and a prayer
• 只有一线成功的可能
  with only a very slight chance of success
not have a prayer (of doing sth)
• （做某事）没有成功的机会
  to have no chance of succeeding (in doing sth)

牛津词典

noun

• 祷告，祈祷（的内容）
  words which you say to God giving thanks or asking for help
  1. to say your prayers
     祷告
  2. prayers for the sick
     为病人的祈祷
  3. He arrived at that very moment, as if in answer to her prayer .
     他就在那一刻到了，好像是她的祈祷应验了。
  4. Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.
     他们的祷告应验了：小孩找到了，安然无恙。
• 祈祷文；经文
  a fixed form of words that you can say when you speak to God
  1. It was a prayer she had learnt as a child.
     这是她儿时就学会了的祈祷文。
• 祷告，祈祷（的行为）
  the act or habit of praying
  1. They knelt in prayer.
     他们跪下祈祷。
  2. We believe in the power of prayer.
     我们相信祈祷的力量。
• 祈祷会；祷告式
  a religious meeting that takes place regularly in which people say prayers
• 企盼的事；祈望
  a thing that you hope for very much
  1. My prayer is that one day he will walk again.
     我的企盼就是有一天他能重新走路。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 祈祷；祷告
  Prayeris the activity of speaking to God.
  1. 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。
  2. The night was spent in prayer.
     整个晚上都在祷告。
• N-COUNT 祈祷文；祷词
  Aprayeris the words a person says when they speak to God.
  1. 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。
  2. ...prayers of thanksgiving.
     感恩节祈祷文
• N-COUNT 祈求的事；祈望
  You can refer to a strong hope that you have as yourprayer.
  1. This drug could be the answer to our prayers.
     这种药或许可以满足我们的祈望。
• N-PLURAL 祈祷仪式
  A short religious service at which people gather to pray can be referred to asprayers.
  1. 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。
  2. ...Muslims attending prayers in the main mosque.
     在大清真寺参加祈祷的穆斯林
• PHRASE 不可能成功
  If you say that someonehasn't got a prayer, you mean that it is impossible for them to succeed in what they are trying to do.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
  1. the priest sank to his knees in prayer
  Synonym:supplication
• a fixed text used in praying
• earnest or urgent request
  1. an entreaty to stop the fighting
  2. an appeal for help
  3. an appeal to the public to keep calm
  Synonym:entreatyappeal
• reverent petition to a deity
  Synonym:petitionorison
• someone who prays to God
  Synonym:supplicant

双语例句

• Uncle George spoke up in the prayer meeting.
  乔治叔叔在祈祷会中发表个人意见。
• It is real prayer, and not mechanical repetition
  这是真正的祈祷，不是机械的重复。
• 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。
• This drug could be the answer to our prayers.
  这种药或许可以满足我们的祈望。
• 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。
• The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer
  牧师请在场的妇女们和他一起祈祷。
• 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。
• Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer
  理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一章，又即兴作了一段祈祷文。
• We heard the calling of the bells to prayer.
  我们听见了召唤祈祷的钟声。
• A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop
  为了纪念这位主教，教堂里正在举行守夜祈祷。