prostrate

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For me the absolutely shocking fact of this simile ] is that its primary purpose is merely to describe the number of angels who are prostrate on the burning lake of hell.
为了他们悲惨的境遇黯然神伤,对我来说，这个比喻令人震惊的事实,是它最初的目的只不过,是为了描述葬身于地狱火海的天使的数量之多。
No Italian banks went bust, and rather than having to prostrate itself before the IMF or the EU, Italy became one of the biggest contributors to rescue funds for troubled European economies.
意大利银行没有一家宣布破产，也没有一家向IMF或EU低头要钱，相反意大利成为欧洲问题经济救助基金中最大的共享者之一。
Silently, they prostrate themselves before the abbot, while he scribbles down their new monastic names.
他们安静的跪拜在主持的身前，而主持正在潦草的写下他们新的僧侣名字。

They're prostrate on the burning lake of this miserable new realm called hell, yet nonetheless Satan pulls himself together and begins to analyze, to theorize, his situation.
他们匍匐在这个痛苦的被叫做地狱的国度,身边是燃烧的湖水，然而撒旦还是振作了起来,开始分析思考他的处境。
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For me the absolutely shocking fact of this simile ] is that its primary purpose is merely to describe the number of angels who are prostrate on the burning lake of hell.
为了他们悲惨的境遇黯然神伤,对我来说，这个比喻令人震惊的事实,是它最初的目的只不过,是为了描述葬身于地狱火海的天使的数量之多。
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The recent uproars over changes in breasts and prostrate cancer screens are a good example.
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Sevi's followers dreamed not only of returning to Israel but of having Gentiles prostrate themselves before them.
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(LYING) lying with the face down and arms stretched out, especially as a sign of respect or worship
(VERY TIRED) having lost all strength or all determination because of an illness or an extremely bad experience
to lie with the face down and arms stretched out, especially as a sign of respect or worship

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.
If you are lying prostrate, you are lying flat on the ground, on your front.
If someone is prostrate, they are so distressed or affected by a very bad experience that they are unable to do anything at all.