prostrate

Prostrate是英語中兼具形容詞與及物動詞用法的單詞。作形容詞時意為俯臥的、拜倒的或沮喪的；作動詞時表示使俯伏或使屈服，常見於宗教禮儀或情感表達的語境中。

該詞的核心含義分三個層面：動詞特指向尊崇對象全身伏地的動作，形容詞描述面朝下的平臥姿勢，引申義則指因困境導致意志消沉的狀態。其短語搭配涉及植物學領域，如伏地膚、匍匐莖大豆等特定植物名稱。

詞源可追溯至拉丁語prosternere，由pro-（向前）和sternere（伸展）構成，原指完全平躺的身體姿態。在語義演變中，逐漸從具象的肢體動作延伸至抽象的精神屈服狀態，反映了英語辭彙從物理行為到心理描述的擴展特徵。

基本介紹

• 外文名：prostrate
• 詞性：形容詞、及物動詞
• 英式發音：[ˈprɒstreɪt]
• 美式發音：[ˈprɑːstreɪt]

單詞用法

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

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

2.ADJ If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front. 俯臥的; 平臥的 [ADJ after v]

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. 沮喪的; 一蹶不振的 [正式][oft ADJ 'with' n]

短語搭配

prostrate sunimereypress 伏地膚

Not prostrate 不能平臥

Kochia prostrate 木地膚

Prostrate People 平伏愚民

Prostrate Geophila 愛地草

Eclipta prostrate 鱧腸

prostrate herb 匍匐莖草本植物

prostrate soybean 蔓生型大豆

雙語例句

• He stumbled over Luke's prostrate body. 他絆倒在盧克俯臥的身軀上。《牛津詞典》
• They fell prostrate in worship. 他們拜倒在地。《牛津詞典》
• I was prostrate with grief. 我一度痛不欲生。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• She was prostrate with grief after her son's death. 她因喪子悲痛欲絕。《牛津詞典》
• Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed. 珀西閉著眼四仰八叉地俯臥著。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• He hurriedly covered his head with the clothes, prostrate on the sand. 他連忙用衣服蓋住頭，俯臥在沙灘上。
• They're prostrate on the burning lake of this miserable new realm called hell, yet nonetheless Satan begins to analyze and theorize his situation. 他們匍匐在這個被稱為地獄的悲慘的新領域的燃燒的湖上，儘管如此撒旦還是開始分析、理論化他的處境。
• They laid the Republicans prostrate. 他們使共和黨人屈服了。
• But I was prostrate, and weak as a cat. 可我直挺挺地躺著，衰弱得像一隻貓
• Now, we have to prostrate ourselves before. 前一次，我們打輸了，現在，我們。
• She was prostrate with grief after his death. 她在他死後因悲傷而憔悴了。
• Sumer and its great civilization lie prostrate. 蘇美爾和它的偉大文明衰竭了。
• She was found prostrate on the floor of the cell. 有人發現她趴在小屋的地板上。
• The illness left her prostrate for several weeks. 這場病把她拖倒了幾個星期。
• Full Papal Bow Fully prostrate, while kissing the runway. 羅馬教皇式深鞠躬：完全臥倒，同時親吻機場的跑道。
• Or try a toy specifically designed for Prostrate massage. 或者也可嘗試下專門設計的臥式按摩器具。
• We should not prostrate ourselves before rank and wealth. 我們決不能拜倒在功名與財富腳下。youdao
• Prostrate before the golden calf did he call for a referendum ? 在金犢之前所崇拜時，他有沒有要求一個請示書呢？
• A prostrate commerce is to be rebuilt and all industries encouraged. 我們將重建不景氣的商業，振興所有的工業。
• "After Ahmadinejad won in '05, the reformists were basically prostrate," he said. 卡茲曼說：“在艾哈邁迪·內賈德在2005年取得勝利之後，改革派基本上是被打敗了，他們潰不成軍。”youdao
• When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, 'The Lord -he is God! 眾民看見了，就俯伏在地，說，耶和華是神。
• We have prostrate at the feet of love. We have all had the pain of love is not love. 我們都曾匍匐在愛情的腳下，我們都曾有愛卻不能愛的傷痛。
• Last but not least, it also reduces the chances of breast, colon and prostrate cancer. 最重要的是，它還能降低人們罹患乳腺癌、結腸癌和身體衰竭症的幾率。
• The most repugnant thing is to prostrate yourself to another human being and adore him or her. 最讓人厭惡的事情就是拜倒在另一個人類的腳下並崇拜他或者她。
• At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom. 在城門邊，在爐火旁，我曾看到你們五體投地，膜拜自己的自由。
• Silently, they prostrate themselves before the abbot, while he scribbles down their new monastic names. 他們安靜的跪拜在主持的身前，而主持正在潦草的寫下他們新的僧侶名字。
• Once we lie prostrate in front of our parents with reverence, then all that comes from them can reach us freely. 一旦我們以尊敬的形式俯臥在我們的父母面前，那么來自他們的所有就會自由地到達我們這邊。
• Negroes are prostrate everywhere and morays and crawfish and spider crabs are moving around and over their bodies. 到處是黑人，傾身匍匐在地，海鱔，小龍蝦，尖頭蟹，在他們身上爬上爬下，爬東爬西。
• She agonized over its prostrate form, pulling her hair back from her face, her other hand pressed against her lips. 她為它倒伏的身影煩惱不堪，她掠開面前的頭髮，另一隻手捂著嘴唇。