prostrate

[US]/ˈprɒstreɪt/
[UK]/ˈprɑːstreɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 卧倒的,被制服的
vt. 使俯伏,使无能为力
Word Forms
过去式prostrated
第三人称单数prostrates
复数prostrates
现在分词prostrating
过去分词prostrated

Phrases & Collocations

fall prostrate

跪拜

prostrate oneself

臣服

prostrate in worship

屈膝崇拜

Example Sentences

be prostrate with grief

悲伤不已

She was prostrate on the floor.

她俯卧在地板上。

be prostrated by the heat

热得昏倒

one who is already prostrate cannot be overthrown.

匍匐在地的人是无法击倒的。

his wife was prostrate with shock.

他妻子震惊得昏倒了。

prostrate onself before sb.

拜倒在某人面前, 对...五体投地

He was prostrated by illness.

他因生病极为虚弱。

They prostrated themselves before the emperor.

他们拜倒在皇帝的面前。

she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church.

她匍匐在教堂光秃秃的地板上。

Sickness often prostrates people.

疾病常使人们衰弱。

He was prostrated by the loss of his wife.

他因丧妻而忧郁。

A root arising from the node of a prostrate stem.

生根的 Radicant 匍匐茎节上生出的根。

They prostrated themselves before the altar.

他们平伏在祭坛前。

The typhoon prostrated numerous young trees.

台风吹倒了无数棵小树苗。

she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed.

偏头痛把她折腾得几乎不能跌跌撞撞登楼上床。

The young mother was prostrate with grief at her baby's death from pneumonia.

"年轻妈妈的孩子患肺炎而死去,这使她悲痛欲绝。"

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