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

• He prostrated himself before the golden statue.
  他拜倒在金色的塑像前。
• Winston was not hurt, only prostrated.
  温斯顿没有受到伤害，只是弄得精疲力尽。
• I have a horror of the memory of men whose history is written in blood; and this mosque, with its gorgeous rugs and hanging lamps and prostrated worshipers, is a crawly place, after all.
  我回想到一群人，他们的历史由鲜血书写，我不由得感到恐惧，总之，这个清真寺，巨大的地毯，悬垂的灯，匍匐的礼拜者，无不让人感到惊恐。
• The statue before which they prostrated themselves in adoration.
  他们匍匐崇拜的神像。
• The typhoon prostrated numerous young trees.
  台风吹倒了无数棵小树苗。
• The typhoon prostrated hundreds of trees.
  台风吹倒了数百棵树。
• She was prostrated when he died.
  他死了，她陷入极度的悲痛之中。
• He was expecting to find her prostrated by the tragedy.
  他以为这场悲剧会使她一蹶不振。
• She was prostrated with fear at seeing him.
  她一见他就胆颤心惊。
• 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。