prone

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英 [prəʊn]word uk audio image

美 [proʊn] word us audio image

  • adj.
    易于…的
    俯卧的
    有…倾向的
    倾斜的,坡陡的

单词词源

prone 俯卧的,有倾向的,易于遭受的

来自拉丁语pronus,向前弯的,向前倾的,来自pro,向前,来自PIE*per,向前,穿过,词源同ford,forth.

反义词

adj.

supine erect

双语例句

1. The area is also prone to cyclones .
而该地区也容易受到龙卷风的影响。
2. Being drunk might make you more accident prone , but it also increases your chance of survival .
醉酒可能让你更容易发生事故,但是醉酒也能提升你在事故后的存活率。
3. This kind of combination leaves many democracies more prone to political violence than the dictatorships they replaced .
在这些因素综合作用下,许多民主国家比它们所取代的独裁政权更容易诉诸于政治暴力。
4. Arts and humanities graduates are the most prone to exaggerating achievements suggesting their creativity is often carried over into their resumes .
艺术和人文学科的毕业生最容易夸大自己的成绩,表明他们的创造力经常会延伸到自己的简历上。
5. In the eurozone , generally considered more prone to deflation than the us , the gap is still 1.5 percentage points .
而在通常认为比美国更容易出现通缩的欧元区,这一差距也仍有1.5个百分点。

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