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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probe, J( z3 B5 t# o7 {% h9 [' d
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adjective( G6 Y5 J- |( m- S
~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad
+ K5 }" y. c4 t* d6 ySynonym: LIABLE
( X. E$ S% J9 ~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.
# b4 T, F( r3 n# S1 | (-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned: error-prone ◆ injury-prone; }! a; \* z1 ?- s
See also ACCIDENT-PRONE
R3 @6 D0 o6 ]9 l; l4 K# K (formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground
+ B# q) r% |& t* }! {# USynonym: PROSTRATE! v7 ]$ \" D& w0 J' M3 D
The victim lay prone without moving. ◆ He was found lying in a prone position.
' V! W) \2 y* h3 wCompare: SUPINE( m% N4 S1 S, V2 C+ z# n
proneness noun [U]: proneness to depression / injury+ l- h v9 V2 K- X
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verb, noun
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. H+ `, Y2 L6 p* t/ B/ ]7 a ~ (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]
) z5 r' p9 b$ t" o$ p; r [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.2 G6 a( q- ]3 p0 v
noun
1 E) v! s' S- P) A ~ (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.) ?9 u9 K `- i; ?$ l) R
(also space probe) a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth
( p0 f* ?# N ~( Y* u, W (technical) a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body5 q7 w: k& G" Z4 k) _
(technical) a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information |
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