prone /prəʊn/ CET6 TEM8

• 1. 

  ADJ To be prone to something, usually something bad, means to have a tendency to be affected by it or to do it. 易于 (受某事物影响或做某事) 的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  For all her experience as a television reporter, she was still prone to camera nerves.

  尽管有丰富的做电视记者的经验，她仍然倾向于在镜头前紧张。

• 2. 

  COMB in ADJ -prone combines with nouns to make adjectives that describe people who are frequently affected by something bad. 易受…影响的 (与名词结合构成形容词)

  例：

  ...the most injury-prone rider on the circuit.

  …赛车道上最容易受伤的车手。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you are lying prone, you are lying on your front. 面朝下的 [正式] [ADJ after v, ADJ n]

  例：

  Bob slid from his chair and lay prone on the floor.

  鲍勃从椅子上滑下来，面朝下躺在了地板上。