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imprecation


  • 英式英标[,ɪmprɪ\'keʃən]
  • 美式音标[ɪmprɪ\'keɪʃ(ə)n]

n. 祈求;诅咒;咒语

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]

实用例句

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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