prostrate
prostrate 英 [ˈprɒstreɪt] 美 [ˈprɑstreɪt]
adj. 俯卧的；降伏的；沮丧的 vt. 伏倒；拜倒
进行时:prostrating 过去式:prostrated 过去分词:prostrated 第三人称单数:prostrates 名词复数:prostrates
- The verb prostrate means "to make helpless or defenseless." Illness, injury, food poisoning, grief — any of these things can prostrate people, or lying down in a helpless position.
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- adj. 俯卧的；降伏的；沮丧的
- vt. 伏倒；拜倒
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1. They fell prostrate in worship.
他们拜倒在地。
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2. He stumbled over Luke's prostrate body.
他绊倒在卢克俯卧的身躯上。
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3. She was prostrate with griefafter her son's death.
她因丧子悲痛欲绝。
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4. He was expecting to find her prostrated by the tragedy.
他以为这场悲剧会使她一蹶不振。
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5. For months he was prostrated with grief.
他好几个月都悲痛不已。
- prostrate (adj.) mid-14c., "lying face-down" (in submission, worship, etc.), from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere "strew in front, throw down," from pro "before, forth" (see pro-) + sternere "to spread out, lay down, stretch out," from nasalized form of PIE root *stere- "to spread." Figurative use from 1590s. General sense of "laid out, knocked flat" is from 1670s.
- prostrate (v.) early 15c., prostraten, "prostrate oneself," from prostrate (adj.). Related: Prostrated; prostrating.
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