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.
雙語例句
1. a state of prostration brought on by the heat
暑熱導(dǎo)致的虛脫狀態(tài)
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. A long period of worrying led to her nervous prostration.
長期的焦慮導(dǎo)致她的神經(jīng)衰弱.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. Two of the runners in the Marathon race collapsed and were carried off in a state of prostration.
兩位馬拉松賽跑選手累倒了,他們在虛脫狀態(tài)中被抬走.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. There was a general prostration of business after the war.
戰(zhàn)后商業(yè)普遍蕭條.
來自辭典例句
5. Two of the runners collapsed in a state of prostration.