vt. & vi.祈祷；乞求 commune with God; make requests known; ask sb as a favour

　～ devoutly　虔诚地祈祷
　～ dumbly〔silently〕　默默祈祷
　～ earnestly　诚挚地祈祷
　～ fervently　热情地祈祷
　～ secretly　暗中祈祷
　～ solemnly　庄严地祈祷
　～ down〔out〕　求神降伏
　～ down enemy　求神降伏敌人
　～ against　祈祷不要发生…
　～ at one's knee　跪在某人的膝下恳求
　～ before a shrine　在神龛前祈祷
　～ for the success of　为…的成功而祈祷
　～ to sb for sth　为某事祈求某人

　They knelt down and prayed.　他们跪下祈祷。
　They went to the mosque to pray.　他们上清真寺去祈祷。
　Take great care;I pray you!　要多加小心，我求求你！
　Leave;I pray you.　走吧，我求求你。
　I pray you, please be kind.　我求求你，请你发发慈悲。
　We pray God's forgiveness.　我们祈求上帝的宽恕。
　He prayed permission.　他恳求允许。
　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。
　She prayed to be allowed to go.　她恳求让她走。
　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。
　I'm praying for mother to get better.　我在祷祝母亲身体康复。
　They prayed that their enemies might be defeated.　他们祈求上苍让敌人失败。
　The farmers were praying that it would rain soon.　农民们祈望快快下雨。
　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。
　I pray that you'll have pity on my distress.　我请求你可怜我的不幸遭遇。
　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。
　I pray you that the prisoner may be set free.　我恳求你释放那犯人。
　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。
　Pray God she is safe.　祈求上帝保佑她平安。
　I pray God that it will last not long.　我向上帝祈祷这一切早日了结。
　I pray to God nothing like that ever happens again.　我期望不再发生这样的事情。
　We prayed to God that they would be safe.　我们祈求上帝保佑他们平安无事。
　He prayed to God that he might be forgiven.　他祈求上帝饶恕他。
　I pray you to be careful.　我求你仔细一些。
　I pray you to be diligent.　我恳求你勤奋些。
　I pray you to think it again.　我恳求你再好好想一想。
　We do pray you to show mercy.　我们恳求你发发慈悲。
　Joe prayed us not to tell his wife the truth.　乔求我们不要把实情告诉他妻子。

 ♣ pray for　(v.+prep.)
　祈求；祈祷　make a request to God for sth or on behalf of sb
　Let's pray for our lovely daughter.　让我们为我们可爱的女儿祈祷。
　She prayed for her husband.　她为丈夫做祷告。
　The cricket match is on Saturday, so we're praying for a fine day.　板球赛星期六举行，所以我们祈求天晴。
　The farmers are praying for rain.　农民祈求老天下雨。
　Londoners never pray for rain.　伦敦人从来不求雨。
　She prays every day for her son's safety.　她天天为儿子的平安祈祷。
　She prayed for strength in her troubles.　她祈求上帝在她困难时给她以力量。
　He got what he had prayed for.　他得到了祈求的东西。
　The old man prayed him for mercy.　老人恳求他发慈悲。
　I pray you for kindness.　我乞求你友好些。
 ♣ pray over　(v.+prep.)
　在…近旁祈祷；为…祈祷　say a prayer near or about (sb)
　You needn't start praying over me; I'm still alive!　我还活着呢，你且不必为我祷告。
 ♣ pray to　(v.+prep.)
　向…祈祷〔祷告〕　say a prayer to
　In church we prayed to God for the sick child.　我们在教堂为有病的孩子向上帝祈祷。
　The peasants were praying to the gods for rain.　农民向神求雨。
　She prayed to God for help.　她祈求上帝赐予帮助。
　He had prayed constantly to Allah for an end to this time of horror.　他不停地向真主祈祷，以求结束这段恐怖的日子。
　We pray to God to deliver us from evil.　我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中解救出来。
　He prayed to us to give him another chance.　他请求我们再给他一个机会。

　pray　作“请求，恳求”解时是I pray you的简化，相当于please，现在pray已不如please通用，而且总带点古气。例如：
　I pray (you) come here.　请你到这儿来。
　Pray tell me the time.　请问现在是什么时间。