单词 | prone |
释义 | prone adjectiveverbs | adverb | preposition verbs➤be, seem有倾向;好像易于⋯▸➤become变得易于⋯▸➤leave sb/sth, make sb/sth使⋯易于⋯◆sun removes the oil and wax, leaving the leather prone to cracking.阳光晒掉了皮革上的油和蜡,使皮革容易破裂。adverb➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.极其/相当/非常易于⋯▸➤especially, highly, particularly特别易于⋯▸➤increasingly越来越倾向于⋯▸➤notoriously因易于⋯而声名狼藉◆the road is notoriously prone to fog.众所周知,这条公路以时常雾气弥漫而臭名远扬。➤genetically从基因上容易⋯◆people who are genetically prone to putting on weight由于遗传基因而容易发胖的人preposition➤to容易⋯的◆she seems very prone to chest infections.她的胸腔似乎很容易受感染。prone/prəʊn ||; pron/adj prone to sth/to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad 很可能遭受(某坏事);很可能做(某坏事): ◇prone to infection/injury/heart attacks 容易感染;容易受到伤害;容易心脏病发作◇working without a break makes you more prone to error. 连续不停地工作使人比较容易出差错。◇to be accident-prone(= to have a lot of accidents) 容易发生意外 prone /pron; prəʊn/adj 1. likely to do something, especially something bad, or likely to suffer from something 易于发生某事[尤指不好的事]的,有…倾向的:◇+ to the narrow river is prone to flooding in winter. 这条狭窄的河道到了冬天很容易泛滥。◇prone to do sth she's prone to eat too much when she's unhappy. 她一不开心就容易暴饮暴食。◇accident prone (=having a lot of accidents) 易出事故的 2. formal lying down flat, especially with the front of your body facing down 【正式】 俯卧的 |
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