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VERB
使(自己)俯伏;使(自己)拜倒
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.
例句
They prostrated themselves before their king.
他們向國王跪拜行禮。
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ADJ
俯臥的;平臥的
If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front.
例句
Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
珀西閉著眼四仰八叉地平躺著。
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ADJ
衰竭的;沮喪的;一蹶不振的
If someone is prostrate, they are so distressed or affected by a very bad experience that they are unable to do anything at all.
例句
Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate...
我父親死后,我的繼母一下就垮了。
I was prostrate with grief.
我當時痛不欲生。