prostration

名词 prostration:

1. a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
   同义词：heat exhaustion, heat prostration
2. abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body
3. the act of assuming a prostrate position

1. An acute contagious viral infection characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract and by fever, chills, muscular pain, and prostration.
   流行性感冒一种急性的有传染性的病毒感染，主要特征是呼吸道感染和发烧、寒战、肌肉疼痛和虚脱
2. Two of the runners collapsed in a state of prostration.
   有两名赛跑选手因虚脱而倒下了。

pros.tra.tion

n.（名词）

The act of prostrating oneself.
平伏：使自己平伏的行为
The state of being prostrate.
跪拜：崇拜或屈辱的状态
Total exhaustion or weakness; collapse.
疲惫，虚脱：完全精疲力尽或虚弱；崩溃