be prone to

基本解釋

And even in developed markets, property, which many people regard as stable, will always be prone to volatility.
而且即便是在發(fā)達(dá)市場中，被許多人認(rèn)為穩(wěn)定的房地產(chǎn)仍將總是易于反復(fù)無常。
Remember also that some people who are comfortable lying may not feel stressed, whilst others may be prone to anxiety for all kinds of reasons.
同時(shí)也要明白，那些說謊成性的人可能不會(huì)感到緊張，而另外一些人由于各種原因容易不安。
Why should the stressed brain be prone to habit formation?
為什么有壓力的頭腦傾向于形成某種習(xí)慣？

That's right. That's an example, as we talked about in the last class, of the act of keeping records influencing the accuracy of the records, because you're prone to do things differently then what your typical eating might be because you're keeping the records.
對(duì),如我們上節(jié)課所談到的,這有個(gè)持續(xù)記錄會(huì)影響記錄準(zhǔn)確性的例子,由于你不斷進(jìn)行記錄,你更可能會(huì)吃與不同于平時(shí)的東西
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