单词
prostration
英 [pr?'stre??(?)n]
基本信息
- n. 平伏；跪倒；虚脱
中文词源
prostration 俯伏，拜倒
来自prostrate,俯伏，拜倒。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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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