prone
- IPA[prōn]
美式
- likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome；lying flat, especially face downward
- 釋義
- 相關詞
- adj.形容詞
- 1. likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome:
years of logging had left the mountains prone to mudslides
he is prone to jump to conclusions
- 2. lying flat, especially face downward:
I was lying prone on a foam mattress
a prone position
- 3. denoting the position of the forearm with the palm of the hand facing downward.
- 4. with a downward slope or direction.
adj. tending to be involved in a greater than average number of accidents:
he's always been accident-prone
the accident-prone chemicals giant suffered its ninth toxic discharge
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adj. tending to make or cause errors:
a complex and error-prone process
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adj. tending to make or cause errors:
a complex and error-prone process
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adj. tending to be involved in a greater than average number of accidents:
he's always been accident-prone
the accident-prone chemicals giant suffered its ninth toxic discharge
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n. another term for recovery position
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- IPA[prəʊn]
英式
- adj.likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable:
- farmed fish are prone to disease
he was written off by many as too injury-prone
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知識+
”prone”是什麼單字？
prone a. (形容詞 adjective) 1.有...傾向的,易於...的[F][(+to)][+to-v] Mother is prone to headaches. 我母親經常頭痛。 2.俯伏的,面向下的 prone to 易於;有...
be prone to
be prone to (prep.) N be prone to do (infinitive) something e.g. Working without a break makes you more prone to error. Tired drivers were found to be particularly prone...
”Danger-prone”是形容詞？
Danger-prone是prone to danger的意思; 用在句子裡會如下例所示:Riding a motocycle at high speed is prone to danger (或 ...is danger-prone). 飛車騎機車極為危險。是因為它接在be動詞後面的詞性相同, 所以danger-prone是當形容詞使用。