imprecation
英 [ɪmprɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,ɪmprɪ'keʃən]
中文詞源
imprecation 咒罵im-,進入，使，-prec,祈求，祈禱，詞源同prey,deprecate.其原義為召喚鬼神，祈求神靈相助，後引申詞義詛咒，咒罵。
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. Let I not imprecation I of pain and sufferings will stop.
- 讓我不祈求我的痛苦會停止.
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- 2. Imprecation you, help them more again some.
- 祈求您, 再多幫助她們一些吧.
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- 3. The concrete adversaria and miscellanies of its folk - custom embody imprecation of people for health and auspicious.
- 重陽民俗的具體記事雜錄,體現了人們對健康、祥和的祈盼.
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