As you know, some of the camps are in the low lying areas and the most flood-prone districts are Swabi, Mardan,Nowshera and Peshawar.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

Then there are other people who are pretty careful about what they eat and they're still prone to gaining weight.

还有一类人非常注意控制饮食,但是仍然容易发胖

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

So, both humans and chimpanzees, for instance, are particularly prone to develop fears of snakes.

例如，人类和黑猩猩，特别容易对蛇产生恐惧感。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"The industry is traditionally very prone to keeping things in secrecy,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

That is also an advantage of using them as gene therapy vehicles because they will only infect cells that they are - that they have an affinity for or that they're prone to affect.

非常有利于将其,作为基因治疗的载体使用,因为它们只能感染那些--,它们对之具有亲和性,或者说它们倾向于去感染的细胞

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Southeast Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions anywhere and international experts have been keen to learn from the catastrophic events in the state of Victoria earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

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.

对,如我们上节课所谈到的,这有个持续记录会影响记录准确性的例子,由于你不断进行记录,你更可能会吃与不同于平时的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Exactly how the differences in bacteria might make vaginally born babies less prone to allergies and asthma isn't yet clear, but it does point to a difference that researchers can look at going forward.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30