Older people are less accident-prone than we customarily think.年纪大一些的人出意外的比率不像我们通常想像的那么高。He is clumsy and accident-prone.他拙手笨脚的，总爱出错。Lots of kids are accident-prone but they soon grow out of it.许多小孩子容易闯祸，但他们很快就会改掉这种毛病。Studies have shown women to be less accident-prone than men.研究表明女人不像男人那样笨手笨脚、容易出事。