Coastal cities are prone to flooding during severe storms, prompting engineers to design elevated barriers and drainage systems.
沿海城市在强风暴期间容易遭受洪水，这促使工程师设计高架屏障和排水系统。
- Early versions were prone to dangerous explosions due to inconsistent pressure-release mechanisms.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “prone”?
B — Likely to suffer from or experience something undesirable. “prone” means likely to suffer from or experience something undesirable.
Which word means “likely to suffer from or experience something undesirable”?
D — prone. “prone” means likely to suffer from or experience something undesirable.
prone — likely to suffer from or experience something undesirable. In Chinese: 易于（遭受某事）.
prone is pronounced /proʊn/.
Coastal cities are prone to flooding during severe storms, prompting engineers to design elevated barriers and drainage systems. (沿海城市在强风暴期间容易遭受洪水，这促使工程师设计高架屏障和排水系统。)
susceptible, liable, inclined — all close in meaning to prone (likely to suffer from or experience something undesirable).
resistant, immune — each the opposite of prone (likely to suffer from or experience something undesirable).
Yes. prone is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
pr(one's) + one (tendency to face down）