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
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 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. lying flat, especially face downward I was lying prone on a foam mattress a prone position 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ technical denoting the position of the forearm with the palm of the hand facing downward.
- ▪ archaic with a downward slope or direction.
- 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
Oxford American Dictionary
- tending to make or cause errors: a complex and error-prone process
Oxford Dictionary
- 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
Oxford Dictionary
- tending to make or cause errors: a complex and error-prone process
Oxford American Dictionary
- another term for recovery position
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[prəʊn]
英式
- 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
Oxford Dictionary
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。