记忆方法
1、就是 pray（祈祷）加尾巴 -er：向神或别人恳求说出口的那句话，就是 prayer（祷告、祈祷文）。动词 pray，名词 prayer。
2、pray、prayer 都出自拉丁 precari"请求、恳求"。搭配 say a prayer 做个祷告，answer one's prayer 应允祈求。
3、易错：pray 读 /preɪ/，但变成名词 prayer 后元音收短，读 /prer/（英音 /preər/），和 air、care 押韵。拼写是 pray 后面直接加 er，开头的 pr 里别丢了那个 r。
2、pray、prayer 都出自拉丁 precari"请求、恳求"。搭配 say a prayer 做个祷告，answer one's prayer 应允祈求。
3、易错：pray 读 /preɪ/，但变成名词 prayer 后元音收短，读 /prer/（英音 /preər/），和 air、care 押韵。拼写是 pray 后面直接加 er，开头的 pr 里别丢了那个 r。
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词族 · prayer
词形变化
派生词
英语词源
- prayer (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French prier "prayer, petition, request" (12c., Modern French prière), from Medieval Latin precaria "petition, prayer," noun use of Latin adjective precaria, fem. of precarius "obtained by prayer, given as a favor," from precari "to ask, beg, pray" (see pray). Related: Prayers.
Prayer-book attested from 1590s; prayer-meeting from 1780. To not have a prayer "have no chance" is from 1941.
权威例句
- 1. The Colonel bowed his head and whispered a prayer of thanksgiving.
- 这位上校低头轻声做感恩祈祷。
- 2. 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。
- 3. 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。
- 4. There is a ceremony of prayer and flagellation before the dancing begins.
- 舞蹈开始前会举行祈祷和鞭笞的仪式。
- 5. He saw his vocation as one of prayer and apostolic work.
- 他认为从事祷告和门徒的工作是他的使命。