imprecate meaning in Chinese
vt.
咒，诅咒，祈求降(祸) (upon)。 imprecate evil upon sb. 祈求降祸某人。
n.
-cation ,-catory adj.
Examples
- People imprecated evil on the cruel king
人们祈求降祸于这个凶残的国王。 - Jack imprecated evil upon his enemies
杰克祈求降祸于仇人。 - Based on the ethnography and reviewing materials in the field , the article thinks that 3 kinds of sorcery form such as imprecating sorcery , sorcery of driving the ghost away arid augury are contained in the zhuang ' s festival activities
摘要本文以民族志和田野考察资料作为研究依据，认为壮族节日活动中，隐含着祈求巫术、驱鬼巫术、占卜巫术三种巫术形态。