01.15 prone

1) 翻译：超重人群容易患高血压和高血糖。

Overweight people are prone to high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

2) Guangzhou is typhoon-prone.

3) [搭配]VERBS

be, seem 有倾向；好像易于

…become 变得易于…

leave sb/sth, make sb/sth 使…易于…

Sun removes the oil and wax, leaving the leather prone to cracking.

阳光晒掉了皮革上的油和蜡，使皮革容易破裂。

[搭配]ADV.

especially, highly, particularly, very 特别易于…

increasingly 越来越倾向于…

rather, slightly相当易于…；有点倾向于…

notoriously 因易于…而声名狼藉

The M40 through Oxfordshire is notoriously prone to fog.

穿越牛津郡的40 号公路以雾蒙蒙出名。

[搭配]PREP.

to 容易… 的

She seems very prone to chest infections.

她的胸腔似乎很容易受感染。

[搭配]PHRASES

accident prone 易出事故的