prone
发音
英 [prəʊn]
美 [proʊn]
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- 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.
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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