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prostrate
[英] [ˈprɔsˌtreɪt] [美] [ˈprɑsˌtret] 生词本

adj.

vt.

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The verb is pronounced /prɒ'streɪt, am 'prɑːstreɪt/. The adjective is pronounced /'prɒstreɪt/. 动词读作 /prɒ'streɪt, 美 'prɑːstreɪt/。形容词读作 /'prɒstreɪt/。
1. VERB 使（自己）俯伏；使（自己）拜倒 If you prostrate yourself, you lie down flat on the ground, on your front, usually to show respect for God or a person in authority. 

  • They prostrated themselves before their king.

    他们向国王跪拜行礼。

2. ADJ 俯卧的；平卧的 If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front. 

  • Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.

    珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。

3. ADJ 衰竭的；沮丧的；一蹶不振的 If someone is prostrate, they are so distressed or affected by a very bad experience that they are unable to do anything at all. 

  • Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate...

    我父亲死后，我的继母一下就垮了。

  • I was prostrate with grief.

    我当时痛不欲生。

  • ...his country's prostrate economy.

    他的国家一蹶不振的经济

Verb

1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission

2. render helpless or defenseless;

  • "They prostrated the enemy"

3. throw down flat, as on the ground;

  • "She prostrated herself with frustration"
Adjective

1. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;

  • "found himself lying flat on the floor"

2. lying face downward

1. She was prostrate on the floor.
她俯卧在地板上。

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