学个词Learn a Word 第1434课 prone to

　　今天我们要学的词是prone¹ to。Prone to倾向于。 "Our newly-recruited quarterback is known for being prone to injury," 大家都知道，我们新签的这个四分位动不动就容易受伤。
最近一项研究发现，工作时间与抑郁有直接关系。与每天正常工作8小时相比， "The study found that employees who stay in the office for over 10 hours appear to be more prone to depression," 研究发现，每天待在办公室超过10个小时的员工更容易患上抑郁症。
与此同时， "Heavy Facebook users are also more prone to depression," 严重依赖脸谱网站的用户也更容易患抑郁症。好的，今天我们学习的词是prone to...

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adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。