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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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prone
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adjective! i! b7 H# @( f* l' v
~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad- E# e `6 H: ^8 x+ h/ c$ D8 J+ Z
Synonym: LIABLE
4 {, o( T" q/ |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.7 y6 _# r5 o1 d; Y- e. n+ r
(-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned: error-prone ◆ injury-prone
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(formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground2 W( ~( f4 J3 R( ?# L0 ^' W# S
Synonym: PROSTRATE2 l) M1 s" [$ d' [2 S+ [
The victim lay prone without moving. ◆ He was found lying in a prone position.
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4 E7 Z5 W1 l, s1 q* z; i5 lproneness noun [U]: proneness to depression / injury
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. D% x, \) I) N! T4 U5 t4 {probe' i+ S2 b) T% T+ s0 B
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verb, noun* k: h2 a! X' h9 k, i
verb
! d' J- X& X0 h ~ (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]
5 [$ u3 R) }) y [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.+ A6 |# B8 r8 C( n6 K6 R0 F( w4 ~
noun
0 Y0 ^* c1 o' u( T! F ~ (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.7 M3 V5 U( _% U9 i
(also space probe) a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth
; r& v/ D9 E% O( P: Z# G (technical) a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body
# r2 S; ]0 Q' Y! r; t+ V" B: B (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~~~