首页imprecationimprecation的意思

imprecation

英 [ɪmprɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,ɪmprɪ'keʃən]
  • n. 祈求;诅咒;咒语

GRE

词态变化


复数: imprecations;

中文词源


imprecation 咒骂

im-,进入,使,-prec,祈求,祈祷,词源同prey,deprecate.其原义为召唤鬼神,祈求神灵相助,后引申词义诅咒,咒骂。

英文词源


imprecation
imprecation: see pray
imprecation (n.)
mid-15c., "a curse, cursing," from Latin imprecationem (nominative imprecatio), from past participle stem of imprecari "invoke, pray, call down upon," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, within" (see in- (2)) + precari "to pray, ask, beg, request" (see pray). "Current limited sense is characteristic of human nature." [Weekley]

双语例句


1. Let I not imprecation I of pain and sufferings will stop.
让我不祈求我的痛苦会停止.

来自互联网

2. Imprecation you, help them more again some.
祈求您, 再多帮助她们一些吧.

来自互联网

3. The concrete adversaria and miscellanies of its folk - custom embody imprecation of people for health and auspicious.
重阳民俗的具体记事杂录,体现了人们对健康、祥和的祈盼.

来自互联网