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. 易于 (受某事物影响或做某事) 的[v-link ADJ]

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。

2. COMB in ADJ -prone combines with nouns to make adjectives that describe people who are frequently affected by something bad. 易受…影响的 (与名词结合构成形容词)

...the most injury-prone rider on the circuit. …赛车道上最容易受伤的车手。

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

Bob slid from his chair and lay prone on the floor. 鲍勃从椅子上滑下来，面朝下躺在了地板上。