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. 使(自己)俯伏;使(自己)拜倒
2 ADJ [ADJ after verb] 俯卧的;平卧的 If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front. 俯卧的;平卧的
SYN prone, fallen, flat, horizontal
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. 衰竭的;沮丧的;一蹶不振的 [formal]
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Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate.
我父亲死后,我的继母一下就垮了。
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I was prostrate with grief.
我当时痛不欲生。
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...his country's prostrate economy.
他的国家一蹶不振的经济
SYN exhausted, overcome, depressed, drained
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