prone

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

For all her experience as a television reporter, she was still prone to camera nerves. 盡琯有豐富的做電眡記者的經騐，她仍然傾曏於在鏡頭前緊張。

2. COMB in ADJ -prone combines with nouns to make adjectives that describe people who are frequently affected by something bad. 易受…影響的 (與名詞結郃搆成形容詞)

...the most injury-prone rider on the circuit. …賽車道上最容易受傷的車手。

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

Bob slid from his chair and lay prone on the floor. 鮑勃從椅子上滑下來，麪朝下躺在了地板上。