小词详解 | prone

prone 英 [prəʊn] 美 [proʊn]

• A demonstration of quantum computing’s power is a defining moment for a field prone to hype.
  对于一个容易被炒作的领域，量子计算能力的展示是一个决定性时刻。
  ——《经济学人》
• There are also programs, including the experiment in Texas, that try to breed improved rice cultivars less prone to absorb toxic minerals.
  此外目前还有其他项目正在进行，包括德克萨斯州的一项试验，目标是培育不易吸收有毒矿物质的稻米品系。
  ——《纽约时报》

• 她喜欢贪求名望，这一点是肯定的。
  She is prone to lust after prestige, that's for sure.
• 她分居的丈夫甚至在青少年时期就容易情绪抑郁。
  Her estranged husband was prone to depression even as a teenager.

• 这犟孩子用棍子狠狠地打他那睿智的老祖父，直到他趴在地上一动不动。
  The restive child whacked his sage old grandfather with a club until he lay prone without moving.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.
我们倾向于用工资的指数或是汽车的大小，而非用我们服务的质量及与人类的关系来判断成功。

• liable: likely to do or to be something
• susceptible: likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing
• vulnerable: exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally