prone
adj
1 (of a person or his position) lying flat, esp face downwards (指人或其姿勢)平臥的, (尤指)俯臥的: lying prone 俯臥的
in a prone position 成臥倒姿勢. Cf 參看 prostrate 1, supine 1.
2
(a) [pred 作表語]
~ to sth/to do sth liable to sth or likely to do sth; inclined to do sth 易於某事物; 很可能做某事; 有做某事的傾向
prone to infection after a cut scratch 割傷之後易受感染
prone to fall asleep on long car journeys 乘汽車走長路時容易打盹
He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him. 人家一不同意他的意見,他就發脾氣.
(b) (in compounds 用以構成復合詞) liableor susceptible to sth specified (esp sth undesirable) 對某事物(尤指厭惡的事)有傾向或可能性的
The childis rather `accident-prone. 那個小孩很容易出事兒.
`strike-prone industries 易鬧罷工的行業.