prone
/pɹoʊn/ 形容词 C2中文： 俯卧的、趴着的、倾斜的
- Lying face-down. · prone position
- Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
- Having a downward inclination or slope.
- Shooting from a position while lying down.
- 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
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By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.
Holmes was not prone to friendship, but he was tolerant of the big Scotchman, and smiled at the sight of him.
He found Edmond lying prone, bleeding, and almost senseless.
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