英语单词 | prone |
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英美音标 | 英 [prəʊn] 美 [proʊn] |
中文释义 | adj.易于 ... 的;有 ... 倾向的;俯卧的 |
英语例句 | (1) He was prone to anger. (2) The child is rather accident-prone. (3) People are more prone to make mistakes when they are tired. (4) He's probably prone to domestic violence. (5) They stepped over his prone body. |
中文例句 | (1) 他易于发怒。 (2) 那个小孩很容易出事儿。 (3) 人们疲劳时更容易出差错。 (4) 他也许有家庭暴力的倾向。 (5) 他们从他俯卧的身体上踩过去。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you're prone to doing something, it means you're likely to do it, have a habit of doing it, or are susceptible to it. People who are prone to getting the flu every winter should probably get a flu shot in the fall. |
vocabulary扩展 | The second meaning of prone is "lying face down," and the Latin root is pronare, "to bend forward." This is a handy way to remember both meanings: if you tend to wait to start your term paper until the night before it's due, you are prone to procrastination — you bend toward it. If you stay up so late you fall asleep face down in the book, you are now prone at your desk. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]See also:accident prone ;有(不好的)倾向的;易于…的;很可能…的 To be prone to something, usually something bad, means to have a tendency to be affected by it or to do it. [v-link ADJ]
2 [ADJ 形容词]俯卧的;面部(或腹部)朝下的 If you are lying prone, you are lying on your front. [ADJ after v] [FORMAL 正式]
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