prayer
英 [preə]
美 [prɛr]
英語の語源
- prayer (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French prier "prayer, petition, request" (12c., Modern French prière), from Medieval Latin precaria "petition, prayer," noun use of Latin adjective precaria, fem. of precarius "obtained by prayer, given as a favor," from precari "to ask, beg, pray" (see pray). Related: Prayers.
Prayer-book attested from 1590s; prayer-meeting from 1780. To not have a prayer "have no chance" is from 1941.
例文
- 1. The Colonnel bowed his head and whispered a prayer of thanksgiving.
- この大佐は頭を下げて感謝の祈りをささやく。
- 2.She 'd been caught from behind and hadn 't a prayer of freeing herself.
- 後ろから彼女を捕まえる人がいて、彼女は抜け出すことはできません。
- 3.Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer .
- リチャードおじさんは聖書の一章を詠み、即興で祈祷文を書いた。
- 4.There is a ceremony of prayer and flagellation before the dancing begins.
- 踊りが始まる前に祈りと鞭の儀式が行われる。
- 5.He saw his vocation as one of prayer and apostolic work.
- 彼は祈りと弟子の仕事をすることが彼の使命だと思っている。