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'Prone to' something means likely to do it or suffer from it often, usually something bad — 'accident-prone' means you have accidents a lot. On its own, 'prone' also has a completely different, physical meaning: lying flat on your front, face down.
易於...的、傾向於...的（prone to）；俯臥的（身體姿勢）
組成From Latin "pronus," meaning bent forward or leaning down.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
proneadj/pɹəʊn/
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Lying face-down.
- prone position
- But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
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Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
- The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position.
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Having a downward inclination or slope.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsShooting from a position while lying down.
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Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident).
- prone to failure
- Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted; / Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, / Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited / To any sensual feast with thee alone: […]
proneverb/pɹəʊn/
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medicinesciencesTo place in a prone position, to place face down.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。