apt/liable/likely/prone.导航词义：易于…的

1. apt:adj. 易于…的，有…倾向的.指天生具有做某事的倾向的，常后接动词不定式。

This kind of apple is apt to go bad.

这种苹果容易坏。

Iron is apt to rust.

铁容易生锈。

Jack is apt to be impulsive.

杰克易于冲动。

2. liable:adj. 易…的；易患…的.只作表语，指因习惯或倾向性而易做某事或产生某种问题、患上某 种疾病等的，常后接动词不定式或介词 to。

The dog is liable to bite when angry.

这只狗生气时容易咬人。

This area is liable to flooding.

该地区易遭受水灾。

He is liable to catch a cold.

他易患感冒。

3. likely:adj. 可能的.指可能发生或属实的，强调可能性。

Rain showers are likely tomorrow.

明天可能有阵雨。

What is the most likely cause of the problem?

造成这个问题最有可能的原因是什么？

4. prone:adj. 有…倾向的，易于…的.尤指有发生不好或有害之事倾向的，通常作表语，常后接介词 to 或动词不定式。

He is prone to be/being late.

他容易迟到。

My mother is prone to headaches.

我母亲经常头痛。

Kids are mostly prone to eat junk food.

孩子大多喜欢吃垃圾食品。

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1·He was found lying in a prone position.

人们发现他俯卧着。《牛津词典》

2·These plants are peculiarly prone to disease.

这些植物特别容易发生病变。《牛津词典》

3·Old people's bones are more prone to fracture.

老人更易骨折。《牛津词典》

4·Working without a break makes you more prone to error.

连续工作不停歇使人更容易出错。《牛津词典》

5·He was very prone to seasickness and already felt queasy.

他很容易晕船，此时已经感到恶心了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·Tired drivers were found to be particularly prone to ignore warning signs.

据调查，疲劳驾车时特别容易忽视警示标志。《牛津词典》

7·Some men are in a prone position and some have bird or animal heads.

有些人是俯卧的姿势，有些人有鸟兽的头。

8·The new variants could improve rice production in flood-prone areas.

新的变种可以改善易发洪水地区的水稻生产。

9·These early versions were rudimentary, inaccurate, and prone to breakdown.

这些早期版本是初级的，不精确的，并且容易出故障。

10·Sandy soils are prone to the leaching of nutrients and minerals and so tend to be nutritionally poor.

养分和矿物质容易从沙质土壤中流失，因此沙质土壤往往较为贫瘠。

俯卧的

1·He was found lying in a prone position.

人们发现他俯卧着。《牛津词典》

2·Some men are in a prone position and some have bird or animal heads.

有些人是俯卧的姿势，有些人有鸟兽的头。

3·To allow for this prone position, Hasty moved the pedals out from under the writer moving them to the back tire.

为了实现俯卧位，哈斯蒂将踏板从骑手下方位置移到后轮。

4·Lie in the prone position, with your hands on the floor and repeatedly press the upper body up and down.

弯下上身，俯卧，手撑地面，重复将上身支起并放下。

5·They step ped over his prone body.

他们从他俯卧的身体上踩过去。

易于的

1·Sympathy for the harm done by the loss of Robin van Persie to ankle trouble in November is tempered by the recognition that Wenger knew the Dutchman was injury prone.

温格认识到范佩西易于受伤，因此当荷兰人十一月因脚踝问题缺席后，同情之势也有所缓和。

2·The sickled cells are prone to stick together plugging smaller vessels and leading to decreased blood flow with ischemia.

镰状细胞易于粘连在一起，堵塞小血管，血流减少而导致局部缺血。

3·The sickled cells are prone to stick together, plugging smaller vessels and leading to decreased blood flow with ischemia.

镰状细胞易于粘连在一起，堵塞小血管，血流减少而导致局部缺血。

4·Losing your job, for example, can be depressing if you are prone to the depressed response, but it can spur you to rise even higher if you don't turn to the depressed response.

例如，如果你是一个易于做出抑郁响应的人，那么失去工作可能令人抑郁，但是如果你不求助于采取抑郁响应，这可能另你取得更高成就…

5·Especially, the battle damage repair (BDR) for aircraft panel, which acts as one of the main components of aircraft and so is prone to external damage, is very important.

飞机壁板是飞机的主要结构部件之一，易于遭受外部损伤，其战伤修理技术研究也就尤为重要了。

倾向于的

1·Some of the kids were incapable of speech, while others could talk in full sentences but were prone to physical tics like hand-flapping or obsessions with moving objects like trains.

其中一些孩子没有讲话能力，而其余孩子可以说完整的句子却倾向于肢体抽搐，比如手不停拍打，或者偏执于火车之类的移动对象。

2·American ones are prone to predict chillier temperatures than they should for the period from 11 to 15 days from the time of the forecast.

而美国的预报员倾向于在天气预报发布后11到15天的时期把气温预报得更低。

3·Furthermore, children with autism seem to be more prone to food sensitivities, such as the flavors, textures and smell of food.

而且，孤独症孩子似乎更倾向于对事物敏感，例如味道、质地和气味。

俯的

1·For years, he prone paint and his hands full of callosity.

长年俯地作画，令他双手布满老茧。

俯伏的

1·Never wear cotton socks (in cold or warm weather) when running because they won't wick away the moisture, leaving your feet wet and prone to blisters.

从不穿着棉花袜子(在寒冷或温暖天气)当跑的时候因为他们将不离开的心湿气，留下你的脚湿气和俯伏的对水泡。

(1)prone position卧姿；伏卧位