prone

🇬🇧/prəʊn/ 🇺🇸/proʊn/
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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

adjective [原级] 有做……倾向的,易于……的;俯卧的,趴着的;(前臂姿势)手心向下的

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。

verb [vt. 及物动词] (尤指面部向下)使俯卧,趴着

These plants are peculiarly prone to disease. 这些植物特别容易发生病变。

noun [专属名词] (Prone)(意、阿根、法、美、巴西)普罗内(人名)

Old people's bones are more prone to fracture. 老人更易骨折。

pr(看做pro, 向前) + on(在…上) + e → 向前卧倒在地上 → 平卧的
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