prone

anfällig, geneigt

Dazu neigend, etwas zu tun oder zu erleben, besonders etwas Unangenehmes.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: be prone to something (Young children are prone to ear infections.); be prone to doing something (He is prone to forgetting names.)

Synonyme: susceptible, liable, inclined

Häufige Wendungen: prone to something, prone to doing, prone to injury, prone to failure

bäuchlings, in Bauchlage

Flach liegend, mit dem Gesicht zum Boden.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: lie prone on something (He lay prone on the grass.)

Synonyme: face down

Gegenteile: supine

Häufige Wendungen: lie prone, a prone position, prone on something