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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6346 COCA: 6224

prone

Word family 
prone /prəʊn $ proʊn/ ●●○ adjectiveadj  
1  ILLlikely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful 易于发生某事〔尤指不好或有害的事〕的；很可能…的；有…倾向的
prone to
 Some plants are very prone to disease.
有些植物很容易得病。
prone to do something
 Kids are all prone to eat junk food.
孩子往往都会吃垃圾食品。
accident-prone/injury-prone etc
 He’s always been accident-prone.
他总是出事故。
2  formalLIE DOWN lying down with the front of your body facing down 脸朝下卧倒的，俯卧的 SYN prostrate
 His eyes shifted to the prone body on the floor.
他的视线移向了趴在地上的尸体。
—proneness noun [uncountableU]
—prone adverbadv
 Jack lay prone on his bed.
杰克趴在床上。
Examples from the Corpus
prone• Track 13 in front was out of commission, with its people on the ground, prone, in firing positions.• Many of the injured were lying prone on the floor.• It was very delicate and prone to break down.• In houses particularly prone to condensation, you can cover walls with a thin layer of polystyrene before applying wallpaper.• The Tennessee and Red rivers were prone to destructive floods, as was the Columbia-as were many rivers throughout the country.• Flat ground and the slopes of the Marne valley are particularly prone to frost.• They tend to get disorganized as the mania increases, and even more prone to poor judgment.• I have found that fish fry are particularly prone to tubifex-related bacterial attack.
prone to do something• And journalism, which is more prone to collective examination of conscience than most professions, is already focusing on these problems.• Where she was concerned, he was too prone to condemn.• For example, Monday clinics are prone to develop a backlog owing to bank holidays and statutory holidays.• Just footballers, that very peculiar animal much prone to foot in the mouth.• Those who appear before the AFl-CIO are prone to identify social progress with a strong trade union movement.• Teachers are not prone to remind successful students that their work is due.• Dr. MacLaughlin is prone to say exactly what she thinks.• He is hardly a sentimental sap who is prone to vicarious patriotism.• Acrylic primed canvas boards are prone to warping even in normal atmospheres.
Origin prone
(1400-1500) Latin pronus
prone adjectiveadj
Chinese
Corpus
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6346 COCA: 6224
prone

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBS➤be, seem有傾向；好像易於⋯▸➤become變得易於⋯▸➤leave sb/sth, make sb/sth使⋯易於⋯◇Sun removes the oil and wax, leaving the leather prone to cracking.陽光曬掉了皮革上的油和蠟，使皮革容易破裂。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常易於⋯▸➤especially, highly, particularly特別易於⋯▸➤increasingly越來越傾向於⋯▸➤notoriously因易於⋯而聲名狼藉◇The road is notoriously prone to fog.眾所周知，這條公路以時常霧氣瀰漫而臭名遠揚。➤genetically從基因上容易⋯◇people who are genetically prone to putting on weight由於遺傳基因而容易發胖的人PREPOSITION➤to容易⋯的◇She seems very prone to chest infections.她的胸腔似乎很容易受感染。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6346 COCA: 6224
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6346 COCA: 6224

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