| 词汇 | accident-prone |
| 释义 | accident-prone adjective (alsoaccident prone)uk /ˈæk.sɪ.dəntˌprəʊn/ us /ˈæk.sə.dəntˌproʊn/ An accident-prone person often has accidents, usually because they are very awkward.（通常因为笨拙而）易出事故的;易遭意外的 Inability and awkwardness adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly amateurishness fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely gawkily inexpertly jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom klutzy like a bull in a china shopidiom uncoordinated uneducable unenterprising unequal ungainly accident-prone | American Dictionaryaccident-prone adjective us/ˈæk·sə·dənt ˌproʊn/ having or likely to have accidents frequently: Sleep-deprived kids are more accident-prone. Examples of accident-proneaccident-prone Prominent among these was the vulnerability of caring for a high-risk group - frail and accident-prone elders - as this exposed operators to lengthy and expensive litigation and compensation claims. What happens there is that they do away with what is one of the most accident-prone actions in this country—that is overtaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not mean the majority of them, but why should gamekeepers be considered less accident-prone than other people? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must be remembered, too, that older people are more accident-prone than young children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet it seems that there is no statistical basis for saying that drivers with insulin-treated diabetes are more accident-prone than others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So, also, is the number of children and old people who are the most accident-prone section of the community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would not improve the quality of trains; they would be increasingly unreliable and accident-prone, and breakdowns would become more frequent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of these people are extremely elderly and are especially accident-prone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me put the direct question: are certain makes of cars more accident-prone than others? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the point of fining a man £50 if he repeats that type of accident, because he is accident-prone or a bad driver? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no real evidence yet that older drivers are substantially more accident-prone than others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is one of the most accident-prone industries in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These simulators can even show the characteristics which make some persons more accident-prone than others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt the most accident-prone in our community would pay the highest premiums. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there is certainly a connection between driving a vehicle, using a phone and being accident-prone while doing so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of accident-prone These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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