Picture someone with their hands together, asking — not ordering. The whole word sits in that posture: you want something to happen, and you also know it is not yours to decide. That is why the same word can be used with a god, and used by someone with no religion at all who simply wants something very badly.
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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Prayname
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A surname.
prayverb詞源 1/pɹeɪ/
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lifestylereligionTo direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
- Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.
- Pray to the small gods and hope that they may hear thee. Yet what mercy should the small gods have, who themselves made Death and Pain; or shall they restrain their old hound Time for thee?
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To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
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obsoleteTo ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
- I know not how to pray your patience.
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To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
- She is praying that the Red Sox will win tonight.
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obsoletelawTo implore, to entreat, to request.
- They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed Such homely what as serves the simple clowne, That doth despise the dainties of the towne[…]
- In time of drought the Abchases of the Caucasus sacrifice an ox to Ap-hi, the god of thunder and lightning, and an old man prays him to send rain, thunder, and lightning, telling him that the crops are parched.
prayadv詞源 2
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archaicformalPlease; used to make a polite request
- pray silence for…
- "Pray, Mr. Knightley," said Emma, who had been smiling to herself through a great part of this speech, "how do you know that Mr. Martin did not speak yesterday?"
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- pray tell
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