prostration

基本解釋

Two of the runners in the Marathon race collapsed and were carried off in a state of prostration.
兩位馬拉松賽跑選手累倒了，他們在虛脫狀態(tài)中被擡走。
《新英漢大辤典》
"Thanks, thanks," said Monte Cristo, judging from the steward's utter prostration that he could not stretch the cord further without danger of breaking it.
“謝謝，謝謝，”基督山說道，他從那位琯家失魂落魄的樣子上判斷出，他不能再把弦拉緊了，再緊便有繃斷的危險(xiǎn)。
In the midst of this prostration, a hand was laid on his shoulder, and a low voice said to him
他正処在萬分頹喪之中，忽然一衹手放在他的肩上，一個(gè)輕輕的聲音曏他說

While common to the caste-like system of Persia, prostration was something the freedom-loving Greeks scorned.
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衰竭
Recently, chronic hepatitis B and its accompaniment of liver cirrhosis, hepatocirrhosis and hepao-action prostration etc. , have already become the most common diseases which caused serious damage to the human health.
目前，慢性乙型肝炎及其隨之而來的肝纖維化、肝硬化、肝功能衰竭等，已經(jīng)成爲(wèi)嚴(yán)重危害人類健康的最常見疾病之一。
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