“祈禱”是“pray”還是“prey”？

Pray

v. 祈禱;懇求;央求

a verb meaning to petition, thank, or converse with a deity

一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，意思是祈求、感謝或與神交談

The little girl knelt by her bed to pray.

小女孩跪在床邊祈禱。

Prey

n. 犧牲者;被捕食的動(dòng)物;捕食

Prey is a noun meaning a person or animal that is hunted.

一個(gè)名詞，意思是被捕獵的人或動(dòng)物

Mice are a common prey of owls.

老鼠是貓頭鷹的常見獵物

v. 捕食;掠奪;折磨

Prey is also a verb meaning to seize or devour or to exert a harmful influence

作為動(dòng)詞，表示占有，吞噬或施加有害的影響

Owls sometimes prey upon squirrels and rabbits.

貓頭鷹有時(shí)捕食松鼠和兔子

Here is a helpful trick to remember prey vs. pray.

分享一個(gè)記住prey和pray區(qū)別的小技巧

Both of these words are verbs, but only prey is also a noun. Hence, if you are using the word as a noun, you should spell it prey.

這兩個(gè)詞都可以是動(dòng)詞，但是只有prey能作名詞。所以，如果你要用的那個(gè)詞是個(gè)名詞，那肯定就是prey。

As verbs, the situation is less simple. Pray is used in the context of worship, whereas prey is used in the context of food.

動(dòng)詞的時(shí)候就沒那么簡(jiǎn)單了。pray作為動(dòng)詞通常用于宗教或者信仰層面，而prey則和食物相關(guān)。

You can remember to use pray when you are worshiping someone since pray is spelled with the letter A. This letter is also used to spell the name of the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena. By remembering the name of this particular deity, you can remember the appropriate usage cases for the verb pray.

當(dāng)你崇拜某人時(shí)，你記住是pray，并且這個(gè)單詞里的A，可以當(dāng)作是希臘智慧女神Athena(雅典娜)的代表。記住這個(gè)神的名字，你就能記住動(dòng)詞pray的正確用法。