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单词 prostration
释义 pros·tra·tion
\präˈstrāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin prostration-, prostratio, from Late Latin, overthrow, defeat, from Latin prostratus (past participle of prosternere) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
 a. : the act of assuming a prostrate position especially as a ceremonial or submissive gesture
  < a number of young girls enter, make the customary prostration of greeting — Lafcadio Hearn >
 b. : the state of being in a prostrate position : abasement, submissiveness
2.
 a. : complete physical or mental exhaustion : collapse
  < prostration in influenza >
 b. : shock, stupefaction
  < brought no incoherent cry of pity or prostration — C.E.Montague >
  < leaves the lay reader with a sense of prostration — A.G.Mazour >
3. : the process of being made powerless or the condition of powerlessness
 < the prostration of the country before any invading and conquering army — Hilaire Belloc >
 < the general prostration of business after the war — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington >
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