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词汇 prostration
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Definition of prostration in English:

prostration

noun prɒˈstreɪʃ(ə)nprɑˈstreɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The action of lying stretched out on the ground.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second kind of prostration is done out of the sincerity of your heart, not with a seeking mind.
    • I am your Imam so do not precede me in bowing, prostration, standing or leaving.
    • The second salam occurs outside the prayer and so there is no reasonfor prostration.
    • We can consider these four foundations in the context of the stages of formless prostrations, which I will now describe.
    • It is not necessarily a bad thing to just do a prostration or a mantra mouthing the words.
    • We should not think that prostrations consist only of an activity of our body.
    • Prostration depicts a reverent figure stretching low across a broad canvas.
    • Someone who dozes in the prayer does not owe a prostration.
    • Worshipers repeat their glorification of God and prostration three times.
    • The point is to do everything, beginning with the first prostration, for all forms of life.
    • The word in Arabic is masjid, you know, which means place of prostration, in fact.
    • Leading the prostrations became a joy, rather than an ordeal.
    • They asked him after the prayer was over about his long prostration.
    • We should not think that we are the only person doing prostrations.
    • The mark of their Faith is on their faces from the traces of prostration during prayers.
    • Our prostrations immediately inspire all beings to begin doing the same practice.
    • The Purification of Pride First of all, we should know why we do prostrations.
    • The man scratched his head in wonder and the next day began to do prostrations.
    • Prostrations help us realize that there is something more meaningful than ourselves.
    • The Significance of Devotion Our devotion will grow the more prostrations we do.
    Synonyms
    collapse, weakness, debility, lassitude, exhaustion, fatigue, tiredness, enervation, emotional exhaustion
    paralysis
    desolation, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, helplessness
    1. 1.1 The state of being extremely weak or subservient.
      the refusal to call a strike reflects the union leadership's prostration before the company
      Example sentencesExamples
      • French parliamentary elections: political right benefits from prostration of the left
      • In the facing of this offensive against the working class, the trade unions have demonstrated their complete prostration to the powers that be.
      • Blairs apparent stature can be accounted for by the prostration of his ostensible opponents.
      • This prostration is symptomatic of the present social dynamic in American bourgeois politics.
      • But Gephardt's campaign essentially collapsed, demonstrating the utter prostration of the trade union bureaucracy.
      • That it did is the outcome of the organization's and its affiliates ' political prostration before the Labour and trade union bureaucracy.
      • The prostration of the New York Times is the rule, not the exception.
      • The prostration of the Democratic Party cleared the way for Reagan's election in 1980.
      • This inflated conception of the strength of the Republicans is indicative of the despair of many ex-radicals and their prostration before political reaction.
      • This is a formula for the utter prostration of the working class.
      • The Soviet working class paid for this by enormous physical and moral decline and was thrown back to the conditions of primitive want and political prostration.
      • This outlook is not merely the ideology of Bush and his inner circle, as was made clear by the prostration of the Democratic Party.
      • Such is the shallowness of contemporary liberalism, and the gullibility and prostration of its representatives in the face of a government determined to go to war.
      • " Inflation, in its final stages, always ends in prostration, in what modern economists call a ' stabilization crisis. '
      • Summing up the unions ' prostration, Mighell complained: " This is a dispute the union most desperately didn't want to be in.
      • Its support for the war and its prostration before Bush are not only a matter of cowardice.
      • In these scenarios, scientists move in a flash of inspiration from prostration in the face of disease to triumph.
      • The prostration of the Democratic Party has encouraged the Bush administration to accelerate its attacks on working people.
      • The prostration of the Party has been amply demonstrated in the California recall election.
      • Daschle, who epitomized political cowardice and conciliation, was a fitting symbol of the Democratic Party's prostration before the Bush administration and the ultra-right.
    2. 1.2 Extreme physical weakness or emotional exhaustion.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The eruption tends to become bullous and systemic symptoms, including fever and prostration, are present.
      • Doctors found that the panda was affected by lung fever together with functional prostration on some organs.
      • Between June 6 and July 18, forty-seven people were found dead of thirst and heat prostration on the Tohono O'Odham lands.
      • A sudden pale complexion with cold sweat is the sign of sudden prostration of yang qi due to febrile diseases caused by exogenous pathogenic wind-cold.
      • Unable to match the Indians' enviable capacity for keeping themselves cool, the animals died of heat prostration.
      • Any oil can cause heat retention and heat prostration.
      • Asian ginseng may help with conditions like physical exhaustion, nervous prostration or emotional "burnout."
      • It also can present as severe prostration without characteristic signs and symptoms.
      • Instead, they sought beautiful scenery to adorn their lives and therapy to soothe the cares and nervous prostration brought on by their intense work habits.
      • When I found him suffering from general debility and nervous prostration.

Definition of prostration in US English:

prostration

nounpräˈstrāSH(ə)nprɑˈstreɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1The action of lying stretched out on the ground.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Someone who dozes in the prayer does not owe a prostration.
    • Our prostrations immediately inspire all beings to begin doing the same practice.
    • The mark of their Faith is on their faces from the traces of prostration during prayers.
    • It is not necessarily a bad thing to just do a prostration or a mantra mouthing the words.
    • Prostration depicts a reverent figure stretching low across a broad canvas.
    • The second kind of prostration is done out of the sincerity of your heart, not with a seeking mind.
    • The point is to do everything, beginning with the first prostration, for all forms of life.
    • We should not think that we are the only person doing prostrations.
    • The Purification of Pride First of all, we should know why we do prostrations.
    • The Significance of Devotion Our devotion will grow the more prostrations we do.
    • I am your Imam so do not precede me in bowing, prostration, standing or leaving.
    • Prostrations help us realize that there is something more meaningful than ourselves.
    • The second salam occurs outside the prayer and so there is no reasonfor prostration.
    • The man scratched his head in wonder and the next day began to do prostrations.
    • We can consider these four foundations in the context of the stages of formless prostrations, which I will now describe.
    • They asked him after the prayer was over about his long prostration.
    • Worshipers repeat their glorification of God and prostration three times.
    • We should not think that prostrations consist only of an activity of our body.
    • Leading the prostrations became a joy, rather than an ordeal.
    • The word in Arabic is masjid, you know, which means place of prostration, in fact.
    Synonyms
    collapse, weakness, debility, lassitude, exhaustion, fatigue, tiredness, enervation, emotional exhaustion
    1. 1.1 The state of being extremely weak or subservient.
      the refusal to call a strike reflects the union leadership's prostration before the company
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Blairs apparent stature can be accounted for by the prostration of his ostensible opponents.
      • Its support for the war and its prostration before Bush are not only a matter of cowardice.
      • " Inflation, in its final stages, always ends in prostration, in what modern economists call a ' stabilization crisis. '
      • The prostration of the Democratic Party has encouraged the Bush administration to accelerate its attacks on working people.
      • This outlook is not merely the ideology of Bush and his inner circle, as was made clear by the prostration of the Democratic Party.
      • In the facing of this offensive against the working class, the trade unions have demonstrated their complete prostration to the powers that be.
      • This prostration is symptomatic of the present social dynamic in American bourgeois politics.
      • The Soviet working class paid for this by enormous physical and moral decline and was thrown back to the conditions of primitive want and political prostration.
      • This inflated conception of the strength of the Republicans is indicative of the despair of many ex-radicals and their prostration before political reaction.
      • Such is the shallowness of contemporary liberalism, and the gullibility and prostration of its representatives in the face of a government determined to go to war.
      • This is a formula for the utter prostration of the working class.
      • Summing up the unions ' prostration, Mighell complained: " This is a dispute the union most desperately didn't want to be in.
      • But Gephardt's campaign essentially collapsed, demonstrating the utter prostration of the trade union bureaucracy.
      • The prostration of the Democratic Party cleared the way for Reagan's election in 1980.
      • French parliamentary elections: political right benefits from prostration of the left
      • Daschle, who epitomized political cowardice and conciliation, was a fitting symbol of the Democratic Party's prostration before the Bush administration and the ultra-right.
      • That it did is the outcome of the organization's and its affiliates ' political prostration before the Labour and trade union bureaucracy.
      • The prostration of the New York Times is the rule, not the exception.
      • In these scenarios, scientists move in a flash of inspiration from prostration in the face of disease to triumph.
      • The prostration of the Party has been amply demonstrated in the California recall election.
    2. 1.2 Extreme physical weakness or emotional exhaustion.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A sudden pale complexion with cold sweat is the sign of sudden prostration of yang qi due to febrile diseases caused by exogenous pathogenic wind-cold.
      • Between June 6 and July 18, forty-seven people were found dead of thirst and heat prostration on the Tohono O'Odham lands.
      • Unable to match the Indians' enviable capacity for keeping themselves cool, the animals died of heat prostration.
      • Any oil can cause heat retention and heat prostration.
      • The eruption tends to become bullous and systemic symptoms, including fever and prostration, are present.
      • Asian ginseng may help with conditions like physical exhaustion, nervous prostration or emotional "burnout."
      • Instead, they sought beautiful scenery to adorn their lives and therapy to soothe the cares and nervous prostration brought on by their intense work habits.
      • It also can present as severe prostration without characteristic signs and symptoms.
      • Doctors found that the panda was affected by lung fever together with functional prostration on some organs.
      • When I found him suffering from general debility and nervous prostration.
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