单词 | prone to sth / prone to do sth |
释义 | prone to sth / prone to do sthphraselikely to be affected by sth unpleasant or to do sth bad易于遭受;有做(坏事)的倾向◆you will be more prone to infection after the operation.手术后容易受感染。◆tired drivers were found to be particularly prone to ignore warning signs.发现司机在疲劳驾驶时特别容易忽视警示性标志。ⓘ people are typically prone to accidents, allergies, infection, spots, depression, doubt, errors and failure. things and places are typically prone to damp, fog, rotting and vandalism. -prone is used in compound adjectives meaning 'likely to do or suffer the thing mentioned'.若主语是人,be prone to 一般后接 accidents、allergies、infection、spots、depression、doubt、errors 和 failure。若主语是事物和地方,be prone to 一般后接 damp、fog、rotting 和 vandalism。-prone 构成复合形容词,意为“有做⋯的倾向、容易遭受”◆she was the most accident-prone of the four children (= the one who had accidents most often).她是四个孩子中最容易出意外的。◆error-prone容易出错的◆injury-prone容易受伤的◆a crisis-prone / strike-prone industry易出现危机/易发生罢工的行业 |
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