prostrating是什么意思？

prostrating

英[p'rɒstreɪtɪŋ] 美[p'rɒstreɪtɪŋ]

• v. 使俯伏，使拜倒( prostrate的现在分词 )，（指疾病、天气等）使某人无能为力；

例句

• The pain associated with pancreatitis has been described as prostrating. 胰腺炎的疼痛曾被描述为衰竭性的.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使（自己）俯伏；使（自己）拜倒
  If you prostrate yourself, you lie down flat on the ground, on your front, usually to show respect for God or a person in authority.
  例句
  They prostrated themselves before their king. 他们向国王跪拜行礼。
• ADJ
  俯卧的；平卧的
  If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front.
  例句
  Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed. 珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。
• ADJ
  衰竭的；沮丧的；一蹶不振的
  If someone is prostrate, they are so distressed or affected by a very bad experience that they are unable to do anything at all.
  例句
  Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate... 我父亲死后，我的继母一下就垮了。 I was prostrate with grief. 我当时痛不欲生。