pray
- IPA[preɪ]
英式
- address a prayer to God or another deity；wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome or situation
- used as a preface to polite requests or instructions；used as a way of adding ironic or sarcastic emphasis to a question
verb: pray, 3rd person present: prays, gerund or present participle: praying, past tense: prayed, past participle: prayed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. address a prayer to God or another deity the whole family are praying for Michael 同義詞
- ▪ wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome or situation after several days of rain, we were praying for sun I prayed that James wouldn't notice
副詞
- 1. formal, archaic used as a preface to polite requests or instructions ladies and gentlemen, pray be seated
- ▪ formal, archaic used as a way of adding ironic or sarcastic emphasis to a question and what, pray, was the purpose of that?
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- IPA[prā]
美式
- address a solemn request or expression of thanks to a deity or other object of worship: the whole family is praying for Michael pray God this is true
- used as a preface to polite requests or instructions: pray continue
Oxford American Dictionary
