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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 o h( `( A4 C% s
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prone, @" e2 C2 Q T. `6 e& k' D
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~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad; w- ~1 f: E$ S& a' E+ ~& |; G9 d' E
Synonym: LIABLE
8 E; x/ H' S9 F0 b0 ~3 zprone 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.9 e) }0 {& _; ?/ m
(-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned: error-prone ◆ injury-prone0 g; c! G- m+ Q: L" \
See also ACCIDENT-PRONE. n& l: }" r* y
(formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground
( E8 {0 T7 O+ S7 iSynonym: PROSTRATE
4 A. @# u3 X% D; }% W, N+ F; eThe victim lay prone without moving. ◆ He was found lying in a prone position.
1 m7 u' r3 O1 ~/ q' CCompare: SUPINE
/ D, P% j3 w. V( _1 V' z! p% f+ Eproneness noun [U]: proneness to depression / injury
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7 w1 {8 |. E4 s& Gprobe4 U! e7 k" W: R; O; N$ M6 w6 z- s
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~ (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]
3 N1 i" V0 M( S; N7 h [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.
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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." l+ J! J) [$ ~3 _
(also space probe) a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth
$ F4 O* B( L: w: C (technical) a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body1 A! b/ F! {: H& B4 c* Q& A
(technical) a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information |
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