prostration

英 [prɒ'streɪʃ(ə)n]
  • n. 平伏；跪倒；虚脱
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中文词源

prostration 俯伏，拜倒

来自prostrate,俯伏，拜倒。

英语词源

prostration (n.)
c. 1400, "action of prostrating oneself," from Old French prostracion (14c.) or directly from Late Latin prostrationem (nominative prostratio), noun of action from past participle stem of prosternere (see prostrate (v.)); or else a native formation from prostrate (v.). Meaning "weakness, exhaustion, dejection" is from 1650s.

权威例句

1. a state of prostration brought on by the heat
暑热导致的虚脱状态

来自《权威词典》

2. A long period of worrying led to her nervous prostration.
长期的焦虑导致她的神经衰弱.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Two of the runners in the Marathon race collapsed and were carried off in a state of prostration.
两位马拉松赛跑选手累倒了,他们在虚脱状态中被抬走.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. There was a general prostration of business after the war.
战后商业普遍萧条.

来自辞典例句

5. Two of the runners collapsed in a state of prostration.
有两名赛跑选手因虚脱而倒下了.

来自辞典例句

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