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dependency-prone

/dih-pen-duhn-see-prohn/US // dɪˈpɛn dən siˌproʊn //

易受依赖的,易依赖性,容易依赖的,易于依赖的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending to become psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug.

Examples

  • He was funny and self-effacing, though prone to fits of anger.

  • That gave a huge advantage to the sunny Republican prone to hugging supporters.

  • Did her handlers fear what for the gaffe-prone Republican might say?

  • Some kids are prone to letting their minds wander and daydreaming.

  • It is now a so called Crown Dependency, meaning it falls under the sovereignty of  the British Crown, but is not part of the U.K.

  • Last night I saw Jean Baptiste lying prone upon the floor, and knew that she had beaten him down to it, and he had not resisted.

  • He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.

  • They are extremely prone to change, and in presence of animal matters readily ferment, and are converted into salts of ammonia.

  • And here I was, prone and helpless, being powwowed not for one ailment, but for all the diseases known in Happy Valley.

  • Man is innately more prone to good than to evil; and the path of his destiny is upward.