prone

しやすい、なりやすい

あることをしやすい、または経験しやすい。特に悪いことについていう。

やさしい英語で： Likely to do something or experience something, especially something bad.

• She is prone to headaches.
• This old engine is prone to breaking down.
• Are some people more prone to mistakes when they are tired?

使い方： be prone to something (Young children are prone to ear infections.); be prone to doing something (He is prone to forgetting names.)

類義語： susceptible, liable, inclined

よく使う表現： prone to something, prone to doing, prone to injury, prone to failure

うつ伏せの

顔を地面の方に向けて、体を平らにして横たわっている。

やさしい英語で： Lying flat with your face towards the ground.

• He lay prone on the floor.
• The patient was placed in a prone position.
• She found him prone beside the bed.

使い方： lie prone on something (He lay prone on the grass.)

類義語： face down

反対語： supine

よく使う表現： lie prone, a prone position, prone on something