pray ♦︎ worship ♦︎ praise ♦︎ venerateThese words all mean to speak to God or show your respect for him.这些词均表示祈祷、敬拜、崇拜。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to pray to / worship / praise God■pray [intransitive, transitive] to speak to God, especially to give thanks or ask for help祈祷;祷告◆They knelt down and prayed.他们跪下来祷告。◆I'll pray for you.我将为你祈祷。◆to pray for peace / rain / forgiveness祈求和平;求雨;祈求宽恕◆She prayed to God for an end to her sufferings.她祈求上帝结束她的苦难。◆We prayed (that) he would recover from his illness.我们为他的康复祈祷。◆He prayed to be forgiven.他祈求宽恕。▸prayer
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[countable, uncountable] ◆to say your prayers祷告◆prayers for the sick为病人做的祈祷◆It was a prayer she had learnt as a child.这是她儿时就学会了的祷文。◆They knelt in prayer.他们跪下祈祷。■worship(-pp-) [transitive, intransitive] to show respect for God or a god, by saying prayers, singing, etc. with other people in a church, temple, etc.; to go to a religious service崇拜(上帝或神);(在宗教场所)做礼拜◆The Mayans built jungle pyramids to worship their gods.玛雅人在丛林里建起了金字塔来膜拜他们的神。◆We worship at St Mary's.我们在圣玛丽教堂做礼拜。▸worship
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[uncountable] ◆an act / a place of worship礼拜;礼拜场所◆devil / ancestor worship对恶魔的崇拜;祭祖◆morning / evening worship(= a church service in the morning / evening)早晨的/晚上的礼拜■praise [transitive] to express your thanks to or your respect for God颂扬,赞颂(上帝)◆Praise the Lord.赞美上帝。◆Allah be praised.感谢真主。▸praise
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[uncountable] ◆hymns / songs of praise赞美诗;颂歌◆Praise be (to God)!(= expressing belief or joy)赞美主!■venerate ˈvenəreɪt [transitive] (formal) to have and show a lot of respect for sb/sth, especially sb/sth that is considered to be holy敬重;崇敬;敬仰◆He was later venerated as a saint.他后来被奉为圣人。▸veneration
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[uncountable] ◆The relics were objects of veneration.这些圣人遗物是倍受敬奉之物。