- UID
- 35199
- 斋米
-
- 斋豆
-
- 回帖
- 0
- 积分
- 1829
- 在线时间
- 小时
- 注册时间
- 2012-10-28
- 最后登录
- 1970-1-1
|
话说楼主正在看明天的实验要怎么做。。突然脑子里闪过两个单词prone 和probe- i& ]1 |6 s; q% e$ x
9 D6 o% X, E5 X5 U; V5 b bprone4 _- M9 q1 J$ a6 e4 N7 W
3 D) b/ X/ p: x, l7 T' s. B8 @ adjective! W) ?3 f# k) x! w2 j$ I
~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad) R$ O% L! z3 d# u; i
Synonym: LIABLE
4 A7 N! j- ?# ?prone to infection / injury ◆ Working without a break makes you more prone to error. ◆ Tired drivers were found to be particularly prone to ignore warning signs.* C9 o7 Z0 P* h) w" G/ q% S' S5 k( T
(-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned: error-prone ◆ injury-prone
9 g% [- R3 f9 \/ _0 [2 |# s% ISee also ACCIDENT-PRONE Y9 o x! w0 I/ c, v1 R l7 a0 [
(formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground! X' X0 H6 a+ }) a$ l
Synonym: PROSTRATE1 S' v9 d9 o, o- a9 i
The victim lay prone without moving. ◆ He was found lying in a prone position.; K0 ^: k9 ~; {# O5 G3 ` ]
Compare: SUPINE: A- p9 U5 ^% f% h }! k
proneness noun [U]: proneness to depression / injury- f% U- g' _4 ?- q7 V! M
: ?8 L+ ?5 E* p$ y
/ @5 {5 w7 K& ?! `6 Q
7 U/ E! V) w7 \7 R& U& B7 W5 mprobe- S& q& O: [( `7 }8 V
' ]) J. m7 O$ [. t% qverb, noun9 S3 X5 h8 B& {1 `0 R" ?
verb
9 r3 g" k3 y( ^3 g" p+ c1 T. ` ~ (into sth) to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about sb/sth: [V] He didn't like the media probing into his past. ◆ [VN] a TV programme that probed government scandals in the 1990s [also V speech]
2 `4 p* u( R+ R0 e% f- e( | [VN] to touch, examine or look for sth, especially with a long thin instrument: The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection. ◆ Searchlights probed the night sky.% X8 F$ M" Z: {+ B9 B
noun' ^, N) E: i3 ?3 M
~ (into sth) (used especially in newspapers) a thorough and careful investigation of sth: a police probe into the financial affairs of the company ◆ Arson probe after three die at home.
& c2 p+ G. @) v5 m (also space probe) a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth% K* o& l3 Y( _, R
(technical) a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body: ]. x3 t+ _) }# W) J0 T) v6 B
(technical) a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information |
|