prostrated

英 [prɒˈstreɪtɪd]

美 [ˈprɑːstreɪtɪd]

v.  俯伏; 拜倒; 使一筹莫展; 使无能为力
prostrate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

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/。


• VERB 使（自己）俯伏；使（自己）拜倒
  If youprostrate yourself, you lie down flat on the ground, on your front, usually to show respect for God or a person in authority.
  1. They prostrated themselves before their king.
     他们向国王跪拜行礼。
• ADJ 俯卧的；平卧的
  If you are lyingprostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front.
  1. Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
     珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。
• ADJ 衰竭的；沮丧的；一蹶不振的
  If someone isprostrate, they are so distressed or affected by a very bad experience that they are unable to do anything at all.
  1. Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate...
     我父亲死后，我的继母一下就垮了。
  2. I was prostrate with grief.
     我当时痛不欲生。
  3. ...his country's prostrate economy.
     他的国家一蹶不振的经济

双语例句

• She was prostrated when he died.
  他死了，她陷入极度的悲痛之中。
• They prostrated themselves before their king.
  他们向国王跪拜行礼。
• In a course of 10 to 14 days the sick cattle may become prostrated and comatose and finally die.
  在10～14天过程中，病牛衰竭和昏迷，最后死亡。
• He prostrated himself before the golden statue.
  他拜倒在金色的塑像前。
• Into Simon's house sickness had entered, fever in a deadly form had prostrated his mother-in-law, and as soon as Jesus came they told him of the sad affliction, and he hastened to the patient's bed.
  病痛进了彼得的家，致命的热病使他的岳母卧床不起。当耶稣到那里之后，他们就把这一件悲痛的事告诉了他，他立即走到病床之前。
• When Lord Nrsimhadeva saw the small boy Prahlada Maharaja prostrated at the soles of His lotus feet, He became most ecstatic in affection toward His devotee.
  当主尼星哈戴瓦看到小男孩儿帕拉德大君拜倒在他的莲花足下的时候，祂处于对奉献者的爱的狂喜之中。
• Emerging from Bangkok's airport after formally surrendering to police, Mr Thaksin prostrated himself, touching his forehead to the ground, hands clasped in a sign of respect, before briefly greeting throngs of cheering supporters.
  他信在正式向警方自首后出现在曼谷机场。他身体匍伏，前额触地，双手紧扣致敬。随后，他向一大群欢呼的支持者致以简短的问候。
• The statue before which they prostrated themselves in adoration.
  他们匍匐崇拜的神像。
• He was prostrated by the loss of his wife.
  他因丧妻而忧戚。
• Like his father, when he finished handling over the kingdom affairs, he always came to the Chongsheng Temple and prostrated himself before the Buddha statues.
  和他的父亲一样，在处理完朝政的空隙，他也经常来崇圣寺拜佛。