英语词汇“pray”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | adverb

praypray1 /preɪ/ ●●● S2 W3 verb (prays, prayed, praying)

ETYMOLOGYpray¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French preier, from Latin precari, from prex request, prayer

VERB TABLE

pray

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pray
	he, she, it	prays
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	prayed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have prayed
	he, she, it	has prayed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had prayed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pray
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have prayed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am praying
	he, she, it	is praying
	you, we, they	are praying
Past	I, he, she, it	was praying
	you, we, they	were praying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been praying
	he, she, it	has been praying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been praying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be praying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been praying

1[intransitive, transitive] to speak to God or gods in order to ask for help or give thanks: You don’t have to go to church to pray.pray for somebody/something They prayed for peace.pray to somebody/something to do something She prayed to Allah to help her.2[intransitive, transitive] to wish or hope very strongly that something will happen: pray that Mel prayed that the lawyers could help him.pray for something We’re praying for good weather tomorrow. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French preier, from Latin precari, from prex request, prayer]