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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
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, ^) | h0 P B* Sprone
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1 d9 R# Y5 \! [: {! g( ^1 [ adjective
' E7 q5 r/ v5 a ~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad& `, p- H3 s0 Q0 L# N+ a; y3 i" j
Synonym: LIABLE
) Q( d' @' N. Oprone 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.
- W6 c2 I6 L. w- o+ q (-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned: error-prone ◆ injury-prone, ~+ ~) N& O5 [5 c7 f
See also ACCIDENT-PRONE
0 W( Z: D# O1 d; E8 x (formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground
P }. C+ {2 m! OSynonym: PROSTRATE
, n" U& V6 j) e6 _7 T; i5 A/ l5 JThe victim lay prone without moving. ◆ He was found lying in a prone position./ ]' s3 ?( O; K
Compare: SUPINE2 ^4 b1 m& [+ g1 z: i: F/ T2 N
proneness noun [U]: proneness to depression / injury( h( K9 r6 L% w8 o* v
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v! w2 u, F/ S# n& B: J/ M- @probe
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verb
/ \6 }% w: C$ }1 Q4 {) d ~ (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] Z f5 T: J! k/ @% p. _
[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.& B5 K' ?9 |( ]1 T: v2 q& [8 l4 M
noun
" d, v3 I8 L* _& B' ~. I8 C8 v2 e ~ (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." B* C6 Y( L% a4 G) W
(also space probe) a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth
: F: P- o2 Q% t6 `3 ]$ k (technical) a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body
% K6 }* P; O6 B5 [ (technical) a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information |
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