prostrate /ˈprɒstreɪt/ ( prostrating, prostrated, prostrates )

• 1. 

  V-T 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. 使(自己)俯伏; 使(自己)拜倒

  例：

  They prostrated themselves before their king.

  他们向他们的国王跪拜行礼。

• 2. 

  ADJ If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front. 俯卧的; 平卧的 [ADJ after v]

  例：

  Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.

  珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地俯卧着。

• 3. 

  ADJ If someone is prostrate, they are so distressed or affected by a very bad experience that they are unable to do anything at all. 沮丧的; 一蹶不振的 [正式] [oft ADJ 'with' n]

  例：

  I was prostrate with grief.

  我一度痛不欲生。