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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' I! f% H' x$ a# y+ v
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prone0 }1 F, v& h8 a; W: Z0 S
1 l4 w' ]% s& L3 r: L2 v5 f$ h adjective7 t0 x+ q3 K6 ? M$ @ I
~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad
* T1 Q) u. i# }* @# GSynonym: LIABLE# Q4 w' ^$ D; X7 i- H
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.. K) [1 F# x3 V: p
(-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned: error-prone ◆ injury-prone' x1 V# u' D8 M8 ^" P- n2 h1 G
See also ACCIDENT-PRONE
: _ K. q; p2 } L# s) e7 V (formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground
9 I6 K4 J0 {& Y9 b+ {4 wSynonym: PROSTRATE8 D0 R; e# r( S2 L7 t2 n6 b
The victim lay prone without moving. ◆ He was found lying in a prone position.
$ j% o) V$ w* @0 M9 `Compare: SUPINE0 @6 S5 ] M. O1 B3 X5 C4 I
proneness noun [U]: proneness to depression / injury
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probe6 C; [, |' W6 V1 e( c7 l! {2 _
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verb, noun
7 {; }$ D1 T8 x n; |' M verb
" R: f8 \* J% I L! J& Z8 M4 _ ~ (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]
+ C; K) H) f5 O1 Q7 r4 |6 | [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.3 {; w( y( V, _) U( n- f
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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.
) c% E4 A4 X: m {4 k2 C/ i (also space probe) a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth6 x) d; E" V) w$ i/ b' G& w
(technical) a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body9 o, _2 m$ P4 V9 |) E
(technical) a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information |
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发表于 2013-9-16 23:28:43
变色卡
发表于 2013-9-17 09:02:40
这当然是两个不同的单词~~~