prostration
[prɑ:ˈstreɪʃn]
n.
（为表示恭敬或崇拜）俯伏在地上;
身体极度衰竭;
虚脱;
筋疲力尽;
例句:
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a state of prostration brought on by the heat
暑热导致的虚脱状态
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A long period of worrying led to her nervous prostration.
长期的焦虑导致她的神经衰弱.
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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.
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A quite unheroic state of corporal prostration.
来自Thackeray
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"I can no longer remain a Silent Spectator of the prostration of the Laws," Claiborne wrote.
来自NEWYORKER
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Barely upright from his final prostration, a man in the back raised his fist above his head and shouted, No to Mubarak!
来自NEWYORKER