prostrate
adj. 卧倒的; 被某事物所制服的; 瓦解的; 无能为力的
vt. 使俯伏,使拜倒; (指疾病、天气等)使某人无能为力
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.
They prostrated themselves before their king.
他们向国王跪拜行礼。
If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front.
Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。
If someone is prostrate, they are so distressed or affected by a very bad experience that they are unable to do anything at all.
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。
1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission
2. render helpless or defenseless;
3. throw down flat, as on the ground;
1. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
2. lying face downward
Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。
I was prostrate with grief.
我当时痛不欲生。
They fell prostrate in worship.
他们拜倒在地。
She was prostrate on the floor.
她俯卧在地板上.
The Yankees had the South prostrate and they intended to keep It'so.
北方佬已经使南方屈服了,他们还打算继续下去.
adj. 倒下的;败的;沮丧的
powerlessdefenselesshelplessovercome
adj. 平的;水平的;横卧的
lyingpronehorizontalrecliningflat
其他释义
overcomepowerlesslyinghelplessproneobedientflatdefenselessconformableacquiescenthorizontal