pray的读音是什么

1.祈祷；祷告
When peoplepray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help.

e.g. He spent his time in prison praying and studying...
他把狱中的时间都用于祈祷和学习。
e.g. Now all we have to do is help ourselves and topray to God.
我们现在所要做的就是自助并向上帝祈祷。

2.祈望；祈求
When someone is hoping very much that something will happen, you can say that theyare praying that it will happen.

e.g. I'm just praying that somebody in Congress will do something before it's too late...
我只是在祈求国会中会有人在还来得及的时候做点什么。
e.g. One can onlypray that the team's manager learns something from it...
大家也只能希冀球队教练从中汲取教训。

3.（用于不太友善或气愤但镇定地提问时）请问
Pray is used when asking a question in a rather unfriendly way or in an angry but calm way.

e.g. And what,pray, do you buy and sell, Major?
梅杰，请问，你都买卖些什么？

4.（用于礼貌地提出要求）请
Pray was used to add politeness to a command.

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e.g. I beg your pardon,pray continue.
抱歉，请继续。

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1. They knelt down and prayed.
   他们跪下祈祷。
2. They went to the mosque to pray.
   他们上清真寺去祈祷。

1. Take great care;I pray you!
   要多加小心,我求求你!
2. Leave;I pray you.
   走吧,我求求你。
3. I pray you, please be kind.
   我求求你,请你发发慈悲。
4. We pray God's forgiveness.
   我们祈求上帝的宽恕。
5. He prayed permission.
   他恳求允许。

1. He prayed to be given patience to finish the work.
   他祈求赋予他耐心去完成这项工作。
2. She prayed to be allowed to go.
   她恳求让她走。
3. Many times when he was in terrible pain he had prayed to be allowed to die.
   多少次当他极度痛苦时,他恳求让他去死。
4. I'm praying for mother to get better.
   我在祷祝母亲身体康复。

1. They prayed that their enemies might be defeated.
   他们祈求上苍让敌人失败。
2. The farmers were praying that it would rain soon.
   农民们祈望快快下雨。
3. We all prayed that we might be successful in our research program.
   我们都祈祷,愿我们的研究项目获得成功。
4. I pray that you'll have pity on my distress.
   我请求你可怜我的不幸遭遇。
5. Praying that she would not see me,I hurried down the street.
   我匆匆沿街走去,祈望她不会看到我。

1. I pray you that the prisoner may be set free.
   我恳求你释放那犯人。
2. I pray you that such drastic action should not be taken.
   我恳求你不要做如此激烈的活动。
3. Pray God she is safe.
   祈求上帝保佑她平安。
4. I pray God that it will last not long.
   我向上帝祈祷这一切早日了结。

1. I pray to God nothing like that ever happens again.
   我期望不再发生这样的事情。
2. We prayed to God that they would be safe.
   我们祈求上帝保佑他们平安无事。
3. He prayed to God that he might be forgiven.
   他祈求上帝饶恕他。

1. I pray you to be careful.
   我求你仔细一些。
2. I pray you to be diligent.
   我恳求你勤奋些。

1. I pray you to think it again.
   我恳求你再好好想一想。
2. We do pray you to show mercy.
   我们恳求你发发慈悲。
3. Joe prayed us not to tell his wife the truth.
   乔求我们不要把实情告诉他妻子。

• I pray you, which is the way to master Jew's?

  出自：Merchant of Venice,Shakespeare

• He..prayed them to keep still that he might count them.

  出自：E. Bowen

ask，beg，demand，require，request，implore，claim，pray，entreat

这些动词均有“要求，请求”之意。

ask最普通用词，指向对方提出要求或请求，长、晚辈，上下级之间都可使用。

beg指恳切地或再三地请求或要求，常含低三下四意味，也多用于应酬场合。

demand一般指理直气壮地提出强烈要求，或坚持不让对方拒绝的要求。

require强调根据事业、需要或纪律、法律等而提出的要求。

request正式用词，指非常正式，有礼貌的请求或恳求，多含担心因种种原因对方不能答应的意味。

implore书面用词，着重指迫切、焦急或痛苦地恳求或哀求，常含较强的感情色彩。

claim指有权或宣称有权得到而公开提出的要求。

pray语气庄重，指热情、诚恳和敬祈的要求，现不很常用。

entreat泛指一般“恳求或哀求”，含企图说服对方或用热烈的请求软化反对意见的意味。

plead，appeal，beg，petition，entreat，pray

这些动词均含“请求，恳求”之意。

plead指谦卑而又不失尊严地请求，侧重迫切感。

appeal常指以道义原则为基础或以法律为依据的请求。

beg比plead通俗，不用于法律范畴，指低声下气地请求，有时含贬义，指某人喋喋不休地要求得到帮助。

petition指正式而热切地或祈求。

entreat的意义与beg的大致相同，但较文雅。

pray指祈求，多用于宗教用语中。