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单词 prostrate
释义
prostrate
prɒstrt prɒstreɪt prɑːstreɪt ˈprɑsˌtreɪt
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense prostrates, present participle prostrating, past tense , past participle prostrated
The verb is pronounced /prɒ'streɪt, am 'prɑːstreɪt/. The adjective is pronounced /'prɒstreɪt/. 动词读作 /prɒ'streɪt, '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
  • They prostrated themselves before their king. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]

    他们向国王跪拜行礼。

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

    珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。

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]
  • 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

SYN exhausted, overcome, depressed, drained
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