Prostrate

(verb.) render helpless or defenseless; 'They prostrated the enemy'.

(verb.) throw down flat, as on the ground; 'She prostrated herself with frustration'.

(verb.) get into a prostrate position, as in submission.

霍华德编辑

• Tom stretched himself out on a box, and there, as he lay, he heard, ever and anon, a smothered sob or cry from the prostrate creature,--O! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Breathlessly he waved his left arm above his prostrate body--it waved! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Laughing and chattering like the idiot I was fast becoming I fell upon his prostrate form my fingers feeling for his dead throat. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Mrs. Shelby smiled as she saw a prostrate lot of chickens and ducks, over which Chloe stood, with a very grave face of consideration. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• At the end, she was so overcome with prostrate love for him, that she could scarcely speak sensibly at all. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Seeing him draw nigh, burying his broad wheels in the oppressed soil--I, the prostrate votary--felt beforehand the annihilating craunch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I looked towards the knoll: there he lay, still as a prostrate column; his face turned to me: his eye beaming watchful and keen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When I am totally prostrated (did I mention that I was totally prostrated by Marian's letter? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But, now that Eva was fairly and visibly prostrated, and a doctor called, Marie, all on a sudden, took a new turn. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• A good man is not prostrated at the loss of children or fortune. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I handed these lines, at arm's length, to the Count--I sank back in my chair--I said, Excuse me--I am entirely prostrated--I can do no more. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• As I passed him, his teeth loudly chattered in his head, and with every mark of extreme humiliation, he prostrated himself in the dust. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Again I prostrated myself on the earth, and, pressing my hands to my burning temples, prayed for strength sufficient to keep out despondency. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The three men prostrated themselves on the rock, before the curtain which hid the shrine. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

校对:南森