prone
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ To be prone to something, usually something bad, means to have a tendency to be affected by it or to do it. 易于 (受某事物影响或做某事) 的[v-link ADJ]
For all her experience as a television reporter, she was still prone to camera nerves. 尽管有丰富的做电视记者的经验,她仍然倾向于在镜头前紧张。
2. COMB in ADJ -prone combines with nouns to make adjectives that describe people who are frequently affected by something bad. 易受…影响的 (与名词结合构成形容词)
...the most injury-prone rider on the circuit. …赛车道上最容易受伤的车手。
3. ADJ If you are lying prone, you are lying on your front. 面朝下的[正式] [ADJ after v, ADJ n]
Bob slid from his chair and lay prone on the floor. 鲍勃从椅子上滑下来,面朝下躺在了地板上。
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prone /prəʊn/
剑桥词典
- This stretch of road is prone to foggy patches .
- Our window boxes were prone to vandalism .
- He is rather prone to making tactless remarks .
prone adjective (TENDING)
be prone to sth/do sthlikely to suffer from an illness or show a particular negative characteristic
易于遭受(疾病)的;有(消极)倾向的
I've always been prone to headaches . 我总是容易头疼。
He was prone to depression even as a teenager . 甚至在青少年时期他就容易情绪抑郁。
She's prone to exaggerate , that's for sure . 她喜欢夸大其词,这一点是肯定的。
例句
prone adjective (LYING DOWN)
formallying face down
俯卧的,趴着的
The photograph showed a man lying prone on the pavement , a puddle of blood around his head . 这张照片上一名男子趴在人行道上,头部周围有一滩血。 返回 prone