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单词 prayer
释义
prayerprayer /preə $ prer/ ●●● S3 W3 noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINprayer
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French preiere, from Latin precaria, from prex; ➔ PRAY1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a prayer meeting
  • His constant prayer was for an end to the war.
  • Our prayers for peace have been answered.
  • Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hinson family.
  • She knelt to say a prayer of profound thankfulness.
  • The monks here believe strongly in the power of prayer and meditation.
  • The synagogue is used for prayer and study.
  • Their heads were bowed in prayer.
  • We always used to say our prayers before going to bed.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • From within the house came the mutterings of prayers, accompanied by the tinkling of gamelan instruments.
  • In this paper we have stayed close to the pattern presented in the tradition and in official contemporary prayers.
  • Some of the prayers are sobs and groans.
  • There is an old saying: Be careful what you pray for, lest your prayers be answered.
  • This prayer has no special introduction or conclusion.
  • This is a besieged, privileged and panicked minority at prayer.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe activity of praying
· The synagogue is used for prayer and study.· The monks here believe strongly in the power of prayer and meditation.in prayer (=while praying) · Their heads were bowed in prayer.
the activity of praying, singing etc in a religious building, usually in a group, in order to show love and respect for God or a god: · The villagers gather for worship in the little church every Sunday.act of worship: · Christians, Muslims and Jews came together for an act of communal worship.place of worship: · This church has been a place of worship for a thousand years.
to say a prayer
to speak to God or to a god, either silently or aloud, especially to ask for help or to express thanks: · He got down on his knees and began to pray.pray to God/the gods/Allah etc: · In her time of distress she prayed to Allah to help her.pray for somebody (=pray because someone needs help): · We pray for the sick and for their families.pray for something (=pray that something will happen): · As their crops wilted, the people prayed for rain.pray (that): · Carly's parents are praying that the operation will succeed.
to pray, sing, or take part in a religious ceremony, in order to show love and respect for God or a god: · The whole family worshipped together at the chapel.· the people worshipping in the mosque· The Ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods.
words that you say when you are praying: prayer for: · Our prayers for peace have been answered.· a prayer for the deadsay a prayer: · She knelt to say a prayer of profound thankfulness.say your prayers (=say prayers, usually at a regular time): · We always used to say our prayers before going to bed.
a prayer thanking God for the food you are going to eat, said before a meal: say grace: · Before we eat, I'd just like to say grace.
formal if someone is at prayer , they are praying at this moment: · The saint appeared to him in a vision while he was at prayer.
an occasion when people pray together
· They were forbidden to talk during prayers.morning/evening prayers · Immediately after supper Mrs Carey rang the bell for evening prayers.
a religious ceremony when people pray, sing etc together: · We always go to the service on Sunday morning.· There were usually most people at the evening service.marriage/funeral/christening etc service: · The priest who performed the marriage service is a friend of the family.
WORD SETS
acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· Say a prayer for me.
formal (=say a prayer)· When she recovered, she uttered a prayer of thanks.
(=say a prayer in a formal way, often in a group)· Special prayers were offered for the boys during a service yesterday.
· God must have heard my prayers.
(=respond to a prayer, especially by giving you what you ask for)· One day my prayers were answered.
(=be prayed for)· You are always in my prayers.
adjectives
· He said a silent prayer as he walked.
prayer + NOUN
(=book containing prayers)
(=small cloth on which Muslims kneel to pray)
(=meeting at which people pray together)
(=church service at which people pray)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· His daily prayer was that he would be allowed to stay here.· Please know that you are daily in my prayers.· Otherwise why do the five daily prayers bear the names of the positions of the sun in the sky?
· It never, however, approved the celebration of the Mass wholly in the vernacular, Eucharistic prayer and all.· As a consequence of this fact it is possible to delineate the proper role of the congregation in the eucharistic prayer.· However, as we have seen, the Sanctus is likewise a part of the eucharistic prayer.· Her task was to write a meditation on one of the Eucharistic prayers the priest recites at Mass.· As is evident from an examination of other rites, there are also other possibilities for congregational involvement in the eucharistic prayer.
· For an hour the two women sat in silent prayer, nervously scanning the other customers.· As taps played across the land, Oliver Stone must have bowed his head in silent prayer.· His lips moved in silent prayer.· He paused for a moment, his head bowed in silent prayer.· Half an hour - at least: songs, prayers, loud prayers, silent prayers.· Being silent in prayer is another dimension of being quiet with the other person.· Half of his mind was saying silent prayers.· She lit a candle over there as a silent prayer for her estranged husband and went home.
· Traditionally, these days were set apart for special prayer and fasting.· For the end of her litany, Dalim reserved a very special prayer, one that she herself composed.· Meanwhile, the Sisters started special prayers.· Richard Baxter arranged a day of special prayer and fasting for her deliverance on New Year's Eve 1659.
NOUN
· At her girdle hung a gold chain and cross, and she carried a handkerchief and a little prayer book bound in gold.· A congregation in Tampa sent over some prayer books, while Unity of Leesburg donated a pulpit.· When he reached his church, he missed the prayer book, and hurried back.· Naturally the overseas extensions of the Anglican way of life were interested to revise their own prayer books.· The vicar paced behind, holding his prayer book, his hair floating up and down in the draught from the door.· She even carried her own prayer book.
· The care with which Christians had treasured their Bibles, prayer books and hymn books was very touching.· A congregation in Tampa sent over some prayer books, while Unity of Leesburg donated a pulpit.· Naturally the overseas extensions of the Anglican way of life were interested to revise their own prayer books.
· Madani and Belhadj, citing this concession, asked their followers at evening prayers in Algiers to end the strike.· By the time dinner has been eaten and evening prayers conducted it is eight o'clock and about a hundred people have gathered.· A kind of swooning, An evening prayer.· He thought he might because evening prayer on Good Friday was in a way a funeral service.· The Moors wept at leaving Granada and still mourn its loss in their evening prayers.· The senior Sharifi led evening prayers and, after a meal, they began the proceedings.· After evening prayers something happened to arouse her fears further.
· Coffee thermoses, incense pots, boxes of fruit, trays to serve it on, suitcases, prayer mats.
· The prayer meetings were then held in the Methodist and Presbyterian churches.· Their weeks are filled with convivial church suppers, musically upbeat prayer meetings, and jubilant testimony services.· Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship, but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses.· I went to the early morning prayer meeting with Mum.· It is reckoned that on one occasion 15000 people attended a prayer meeting in Armagh.· Friday the choir practice and on Saturday a prayer meeting for the services on Sunday.· Yet prayer meetings for the renewal of the church and for revival in the nation are not an automatic answer to decline.· One learns to grow suspicious of cosy, predictable and sentimental prayer meetings.
· I went to the early morning prayer meeting with Mum.· At five, just before he was to get up for morning prayer and study; the wind began.· He could never be happy with morning prayer and not the sacrament as the chief morning service.· Cold silence for his morning prayer.· After breakfast and morning prayers, John left to dig peats on the muir to the east of his home.· Decorations for bravery won by past pupils were announced at morning prayers, and invariably earned the boys a half-holiday.
· This is essential with prayer rugs and pictorial carpets, which lose much of their impact if viewed upside-down.· We travel the world with our gym bags and prayer rugs, unrolling them in the transit lounges.
· Christians have hauled the Republican Party towards their views on abortion and school prayer.· For a few, they include positions on such hot-button issues as abortion, gay rights, and school prayer.· They led the fight against school prayer, year after year.· These issues include abortion, the balanced federal budget, school prayer, and even flag burning.
· Organise a prayer service and/or information event for your parish or deanery.· More than 500 students packed the Immaculate Conceptcion Chapel for a 50-minute campus-wide prayer service Thursday evening.
VERB
· Both play a very clever trick which will answer the prayers of video users all round the world.· I thought I could bestow beauty like a benediction and that your half-dark flesh would answer to the prayer.· A very last thought is that we must do everything possible to answer our own prayers.
· I sat watching as the sun reached its zenith and the muezzin began to call the people to prayers.· He also called for prayers for both victims and perpetrators of violence.· From the top of one these, a muezzin calls the faithful to prayer.· Teddy Although the authors call them letters they are in fact a form of communication we call prayer.
· Lord in your mercy - hear our prayer.· Had anyone ever heard of a prayer like that?· Lord, in Your mercy Hear our prayer.· For our daily bread accept our praise and hear our prayer.· Heavenly Father has heard our prayers.· She heard Anna's prayers, tucked her into bed and kissed her goodnight before going to Mrs Carson.· The Lord heard their prayers and restored him.
· We need to see the comfort a confused old person derives from holding a prayer book or rosary.· Kind Mrs Chalmers holds the prayer book high, as if for Frank - who can't read - to see it.· Buddhist monks dressed in ochre robes lit traditional butter lamps and held a six-hour prayer vigil at a Himalayan monastery in Sikkim.· The vicar paced behind, holding his prayer book, his hair floating up and down in the draught from the door.· In the front room she started to hold prayer meetings that were almost like seances.
· He joined the church's prayer for boldness to do exactly what he had been told by the authorities not to do.· She joined a prayer group that met weekly to read and reflect on the Scriptures.· At the graveside, Jules and Marie were joining the priest in prayer.· The Catholic hierarchy was joined at the prayer vigil by the Rev.· We join in prayers for peace with kin beyond sea.
· You are here to kneel Where prayer has been valid.· His sweatshirt hood, steeply pitched overhead: a lone monk kneeling at prayer at a partially disinterred altar.· Many of the godly liked to portray themselves and their families kneeling in prayer on their tombs.· Kopyion was kneeling as if in prayer.
· He might simply be a small-time official who leads the prayers in the neighborhood mosque.· An introductory note says that she used to read prayers very slowly with frequent pauses, which led almost instantaneously to prayer.· In the beginning the two functions were linked; the caliph necessarily had to lead the prayers.· The senior Sharifi led evening prayers and, after a meal, they began the proceedings.
· Each morning the strike council opened business by some one offering a prayer.· She offered ardent prayers to them perpetually, but not one of them would do anything to make Venus their enemy.· Perhaps you would like to help; please do not feel maudlin or offer a vicarious prayer.· So in offering prayers for downtrodden races, I would advise you not to overlook the downtrodden tourist.· Miles offered up a silent prayer as he walked.· She would offer up a silent prayer.· After offering a prayer, the virgin expired.
· Gildas believed in something sacred and holy, and Ludens felt sure that Gildas prayed, whatever prayer was.· That was a real two-for-one deal, Father, because I prayed that prayer with you.· As we pray this prayer we join with those generous young men as they set out on their missionary journeys.· I think you should pray some other prayer.· I would not pray that prayer if I was going to continue to hold something against some one.· Carla prayed without prayer that this interview would stop now.
· He read the opening prayers from the platform and spoke impressively to the undergraduates about their attitudes to the mission.· When it came, he brought the crosier back to his side and began to read the prayers from the book.· An introductory note says that she used to read prayers very slowly with frequent pauses, which led almost instantaneously to prayer.· A priest came forward and opened the book from which Hughes was to read the prayers.· This also comes into being as we couple reading the Bible with prayer.· On this occasion she did not preach, but simply read the prayers of petition.
· One recollection of Leonard's concerns his reciting a prayer at Synagogue, which he got wrong.· The rabbi bowed as low as if he were reciting the Modim Anakhnu prayer in the synagogue.· He can even recite a prayer in the language of the Sioux, albeit with a Wiltshire accent.· All over the city, all over Ireland, now, people would be pausing to recite a prayer.
· He said a small prayer and stepped out into the muddy, windy darkness.· He told them to kneel, and said a prayer over them.· Her kneeling the whole time, clutching a rosary as she said her prayers.· I patted Kibbles a couple of times, said a little prayer and went back into our house.· Finally, after the evening biscuit and drink of water, we said prayers and went to bed.· Fong knelt in the darkness of the back room and said a prayer.· A priest and the hospital chaplain said prayers and blessed the ward.· He planted a dead vine branch, then said a prayer for an early harvest.
· Pull your belly in, you tart and get useful. Say a prayer for Lee.· Finally he agreed to give her fifteen minutes to say her prayers.· He said a small prayer and stepped out into the muddy, windy darkness.· He told them to kneel, and said a prayer over them.· Finally, after the evening biscuit and drink of water, we said prayers and went to bed.· In unison, we all began saying different prayers aloud.· Perhaps you'd better get Fiddy to say some prayers for me.· Fong knelt in the darkness of the back room and said a prayer.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Prayers are at o'clock.
  • The Seahawks don't have a prayer of winning the Superbowl.
  • Boxing White Hopes like Cooney do not have a prayer of toppling Tyson.
  • Excel 4 has the answer to my prayers in the Scenario Manager.
  • If so, a 100 per cent mortgage may look like the answer to your prayers.
  • If so, Lands' End may have the answer to your prayers.
  • She, she is the answer to my prayers.
  • The letter seemed to be the answer to her prayers.
  • To Jacqueline this was the answer to her prayers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • After offering a prayer, the virgin expired.
  • Can you find somewhere to offer up a prayer? 36.
  • Each morning the strike council opened business by some one offering a prayer.
  • So in offering prayers for downtrodden races, I would advise you not to overlook the downtrodden tourist.
  • They found him and his sons on the shore offering a sacrifice to Poseidon.
► on a wing and a prayer
1[countable] words that you say when praying to God or gods:  Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time. The children said their prayers and got into bed. God has answered your prayer.prayer for a prayer for the dead → Lord's Prayer2[uncountable] when someone prays, or the regular habit of praying:  the power of prayer a prayer meetingin prayer The congregation knelt in prayer.3[countable] a wish or hope that something will happen:  Her prayer was that she would pass her exams.4prayers [plural] a regular religious meeting in a church, school etc, at which people pray together:  Prayers are at eight o'clock.5not have a prayer (of doing something) informal to have no chance of succeeding:  He tried hard, but he didn’t have a prayer. They don’t have a prayer of winning.6an/the answer to somebody’s prayers informal something that someone wants or needs very much:  The job was an answer to my prayers. → on a wing and a prayer at wing1(10)COLLOCATIONSverbssay a prayer· Say a prayer for me.utter a prayer formal (=say a prayer)· When she recovered, she uttered a prayer of thanks.offer a prayer (=say a prayer in a formal way, often in a group)· Special prayers were offered for the boys during a service yesterday.hear somebody's prayer· God must have heard my prayers.answer somebody's prayer (=respond to a prayer, especially by giving you what you ask for)· One day my prayers were answered.be in somebody's prayers (=be prayed for)· You are always in my prayers.adjectivesa silent prayer· He said a silent prayer as he walked.prayer + NOUNa prayer book (=book containing prayers)a prayer mat/rug (=small cloth on which Muslims kneel to pray)a prayer meeting (=meeting at which people pray together)a prayer service (=church service at which people pray)
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