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单词 prone
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Definition of prone in English:

prone

adjective prəʊnproʊn
  • 1prone to/to do somethingLikely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable.

    farmed fish are prone to disease
    in combination he was written off by many as too injury-prone
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His mind, so prone to corruption, had been overtaken.
    • The standard cables are fiber optic but are prone to damage by personnel.
    • The devices are meant to make voting easier, more efficient and less prone to error.
    • She was usually silently stubborn but was on occasion prone to emotional outbursts.
    • Areas prone to flooding will suffer terribly as sea levels rise over the next century.
    • First, the rules as written currently are so vague that they are prone to abuse.
    • The skin can crack, becoming red and inflamed and leaving it prone to infection.
    • Generally, the link between adrenalin making people more prone to heart failure is not well established.
    • In retrospect, it probably should not have been a surprise that volcanoes are prone to collapse.
    • Could people who inherit athletic ability also be somehow genetically prone to the disease?
    • He is, however, also particularly prone to exaggeration, which may make others think of him as ridiculous.
    • Indeed, some people are especially prone to error.
    • A man is sometimes very excitable and prone to anger for trivial reasons.
    • He was an objective conductor, not prone to exaggeration.
    • His job relates to interacting with the public and to make the area less prone to crime.
    • Some of the children became prone to violent outbursts, irritability, nightmares, and insomnia.
    • Field screens are prone to damage by pests and pathogens.
    • The back, neck, and wrists are the most prone to injury, Chan says.
    • Passive smoking affects non-smokers and makes them more prone to respiratory infections.
    • Of the tasks involved in our cases, lymph node searches appear to be especially prone to scalpel injuries.
    Synonyms
    susceptible, vulnerable, liable, inclined, given, subject, disposed, predisposed, open
    likely to have/get, apt to get, with a tendency to get, at risk of, in danger of getting
  • 2Lying flat, especially face downwards.

    I was lying prone on a foam mattress
    a prone position
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I soon settled in for some rigorous study, busying myself with my alternately prone and prostrate experiments.
    • You find yourself lying prone on a cold and dusty floor made of stone.
    • No studies were found that evaluated appropriate interventions for patients placed in the prone position.
    • Rod lay prone on the sandbar in the firelight, his back hurting him.
    • Valgus stress testing in the supine position or resisted knee flexion in the prone position may reproduce the pain.
    • Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was slightly lower in the prone position.
    • Rising from his prone position on the bed, he sat on the edge.
    • Riding boards in a prone position has been around probably longer than standup surfing.
    • I was stunned and stayed in a prone position for a minute or so.
    • The recovery of hamstring muscle strength was poorer when subjects were in the prone position.
    • Two of the remaining 27 patients were never placed in the prone position.
    • Thin axial slices through the abdomen are obtained in supine and prone positions.
    • I turned to Jack, who was prone on the floor a few feet away.
    Synonyms
    (lying) face down, face downwards, on one's stomach, on one's front
    lying flat, lying down, flat, horizontal, prostrate
    rare procumbent
    1. 2.1technical Denoting the position of the forearm with the palm of the hand facing downwards.
    2. 2.2archaic With a downward slope or direction.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin pronus 'leaning forward', from pro 'forwards'.

Rhymes

alone, atone, Beaune, bemoan, blown, bone, Capone, clone, Cohn, Cologne, condone, cone, co-own, crone, drone, enthrone, flown, foreknown, foreshown, groan, grown, half-tone, home-grown, hone, Joan, known, leone, loan, lone, mephedrone, moan, Mon, mown, ochone, outflown, outgrown, own, phone, pone, Rhône, roan, rone, sewn, shown, Simone, Sloane, Soane, sone, sown, stone, strown, throne, thrown, tone, trombone, Tyrone, unbeknown, undersown, windblown, zone
 
 

Definition of prone in US English:

prone

adjectiveproʊnprōn
  • 1prone to/prone to do somethingpredicative Likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome.

    years of logging had left the mountains prone to mudslides
    he is prone to jump to conclusions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His job relates to interacting with the public and to make the area less prone to crime.
    • His mind, so prone to corruption, had been overtaken.
    • The back, neck, and wrists are the most prone to injury, Chan says.
    • Could people who inherit athletic ability also be somehow genetically prone to the disease?
    • He was an objective conductor, not prone to exaggeration.
    • The devices are meant to make voting easier, more efficient and less prone to error.
    • Indeed, some people are especially prone to error.
    • Some of the children became prone to violent outbursts, irritability, nightmares, and insomnia.
    • Field screens are prone to damage by pests and pathogens.
    • Generally, the link between adrenalin making people more prone to heart failure is not well established.
    • Areas prone to flooding will suffer terribly as sea levels rise over the next century.
    • Passive smoking affects non-smokers and makes them more prone to respiratory infections.
    • She was usually silently stubborn but was on occasion prone to emotional outbursts.
    • The skin can crack, becoming red and inflamed and leaving it prone to infection.
    • A man is sometimes very excitable and prone to anger for trivial reasons.
    • Of the tasks involved in our cases, lymph node searches appear to be especially prone to scalpel injuries.
    • He is, however, also particularly prone to exaggeration, which may make others think of him as ridiculous.
    • The standard cables are fiber optic but are prone to damage by personnel.
    • In retrospect, it probably should not have been a surprise that volcanoes are prone to collapse.
    • First, the rules as written currently are so vague that they are prone to abuse.
    Synonyms
    susceptible, vulnerable, liable, inclined, given, subject, disposed, predisposed, open
  • 2Lying flat, especially face downward.

    I was lying prone on a foam mattress
    a prone position
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You find yourself lying prone on a cold and dusty floor made of stone.
    • Rising from his prone position on the bed, he sat on the edge.
    • Riding boards in a prone position has been around probably longer than standup surfing.
    • Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was slightly lower in the prone position.
    • Rod lay prone on the sandbar in the firelight, his back hurting him.
    • I soon settled in for some rigorous study, busying myself with my alternately prone and prostrate experiments.
    • No studies were found that evaluated appropriate interventions for patients placed in the prone position.
    • Two of the remaining 27 patients were never placed in the prone position.
    • I turned to Jack, who was prone on the floor a few feet away.
    • The recovery of hamstring muscle strength was poorer when subjects were in the prone position.
    • Valgus stress testing in the supine position or resisted knee flexion in the prone position may reproduce the pain.
    • I was stunned and stayed in a prone position for a minute or so.
    • Thin axial slices through the abdomen are obtained in supine and prone positions.
    Synonyms
    face down, lying face down, face downwards, on one's stomach, on one's front
    1. 2.1technical Denoting the position of the forearm with the palm of the hand facing downward.
    2. 2.2archaic With a downward slope or direction.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin pronus ‘leaning forward’, from pro ‘forwards’.

 
 
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