ADJECTIVE | VERB + PRAYER | PRAYER + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤little, quick, short短短的祈禱◇She whispered a little prayer.她低聲唸了一句禱詞。➤private, quiet, silent私下裏的祈禱;默默的祈禱◇She uttered a silent prayer.她默默地做了祈禱。➤special特別的祈禱▸➤fervent, heartfelt熱切的/衷心的祈禱➤unanswered未得到回應的祈禱▸➤afternoon, bedtime, evening, midday, morning, noon午後禱;夜禱;晚禱;午時經;晨禱▸➤daily每日的祈禱➤ritual祈禱儀式◇the five daily ritual prayers of Islam伊斯蘭教每天五次的禱告➤Friday星期五祈禱◇Muslims attend Friday prayers at the mosque.穆斯林在清真寺做星期五祈禱。➤Christian, Jewish, etc.基督徒、猶太人等的祈禱▸➤family家庭祈禱➤school (especially NAmE) 學校祈禱◇the contentious issue of school prayer有爭議的學校祈禱問題VERB + PRAYER➤give, offer, offer up, pray, say, send up, utter做祈禱;禱告◇He gave a prayer of thanks to the troops.他進行祈禱以感謝軍隊。◇I sent up a quick prayer and entered the interview room.我快速地做了一個祈禱然後走進了面試室。◇She began to pray a prayer of sincere gratitude.她開始祈禱,誠摯而充滿感激。➤mutter, whisper喃喃/耳語祈禱◇Whenever I pass a temple, I mutter a quick prayer.每當經過一個寺廟,我都會很快地喃喃祈禱。➤chant, read, recite吟唱/朗讀/背誦祈禱詞◇Priests chanted prayers and read from sacred texts.牧師們吟唱禱詞,朗讀宗教經文。➤remember sb in為某人祈禱◇Let us remember them in our prayers today.我們今天為他們祈禱吧。➤hear聽到祈禱▸➤answer回應祈禱◇Does God answer our prayers?上帝會回應我們的祈禱嗎?➤grant允諾祈禱(提出的要求)◇Thankfully, his prayers were granted.令人欣慰的是,他的祈禱應驗了。➤kneel in跪着祈禱◇The congregation kneeled in prayer.會眾跪着祈禱。➤join in, meet for聚在一起祈禱◇Local groups meet for prayer.當地的組織聚在一起做禱告。➤have做禱告◇We had family prayers before breakfast.我們全家人早餐前在一起做祈禱。➤attend參加禱告◇Students are required to attend prayers twice a week.要求學生每週參加兩次禱告。➤lead引領祈禱◇An imam leads the prayer and usually gives a sermon.伊瑪目帶領祈禱,通常還做一個佈道。PRAYER + NOUN➤book祈禱書➤beads唸珠◇He fiddled with his prayer beads.他撥弄着他的唸珠。➤mat, rug(穆斯林禱告時用的)祈禱跪毯➤shawl(猶太教徒祈禱時用的)有穗飾長方形披巾◇a Jewish prayer shawl猶太人的祈禱披肩➤flag祈禱旗◇Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the breeze在微風中飄動的佛教經幡旗➤wheel轉經筒◇Tibetan monks use a prayer wheel.西藏僧侶使用轉經筒。➤meeting, service, session, vigil(星期日以外平時晚間的)祈禱會/儀式/會議/守夜➤breakfast (NAmE) 早餐祈禱聚會➤circle, group祈禱圈;禱告組➤leader祈禱引領者◇a prayer leader at the mosque清真寺的祈禱引領人➤hall, room祈禱廳;祈禱室◇a Buddhist prayer hall佛教祈禱大廳◇a multi-faith prayer room in the college大學裏多元信仰的祈禱室PREPOSITION➤at prayer做祈禱◇He spends an hour each day at prayer.他每天祈禱一小時。➤in prayer在祈禱◇She moved her lips in silent prayer.她嘴唇在動,卻並不出聲地默默做着祈禱。➤prayer for為⋯而做的祈禱◇a prayer for peace祈求和平的禱告➤prayer of⋯的祈禱◇I said a prayer of grateful thanks to God.我做了禱告感謝上帝。➤prayer over⋯時做的祈禱◇He spoke a brief prayer over their meal.他在他們用餐時做了簡短的祈禱。➤prayer to向⋯做的祈禱PHRASES➤the answer to sb's prayers (= exactly what sb needs)正是某人所需◇The letter was the answer to all her prayers.這封信正是她想要的。➤not have a prayer (= be sure to fail)沒有應驗祈禱◇This never had a prayer of working.這是從未得到應驗的祈禱。