单词
imprecation
英 [?mpr?'ke??(?)n]
美[,?mpr?'ke??n]
基本信息
- n. 祈求；诅咒；咒语
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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.
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- 2. Imprecation you, help them more again some.
- 祈求您, 再多帮助她们一些吧.
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- 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.
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