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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probe1 J% h- B7 E: u: i
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prone
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9 }4 }9 c! V) i% R. n adjective
- ?* z0 H* c( @ ~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad
; M% ~" {) E3 eSynonym: LIABLE! n( H1 `3 X) ~+ U: ]9 w
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.
\$ x6 F1 e! Z (-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned: error-prone ◆ injury-prone
6 @6 r6 X0 f5 i& i6 Y# lSee also ACCIDENT-PRONE
3 k! L' T6 b( F% d7 i1 U (formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground0 L" I" w# v# a+ k/ h
Synonym: PROSTRATE
. ^% {$ m' A( D7 V( ^/ b7 ?. A: N+ xThe victim lay prone without moving. ◆ He was found lying in a prone position.
5 n8 R2 z9 n) p; g% d$ UCompare: SUPINE- R1 W2 c* M) B3 y! |
proneness noun [U]: proneness to depression / injury7 z% `) Q* N2 o+ E* q$ Z
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+ d7 ]/ ^$ v1 [; l+ B7 r$ Mprobe d, K4 M- Z& f |8 W4 Z
5 W& h" T+ x0 P1 B0 ^verb, noun
4 L' J, {0 r- C4 J verb2 N( n* b( u/ h' `# E- Z
~ (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]' n9 M/ f, D, s( K. D9 @! q p' K
[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., E5 r" }/ y) X' b
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~ (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.* t- [7 m. N3 g$ X2 i
(also space probe) a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth
$ q8 P6 @- C- t" k4 D (technical) a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body
# j1 B! w+ ^/ b9 m) O (technical) a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information |
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