prejudices

英 [ˈpredʒudɪsɪz]

美 [ˈpredʒudɪsɪz]

n.  偏见; 成见
v.  使怀有(或形成)偏见; 损害; 有损于
prejudice的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 偏见；成见
  Prejudiceis an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for one group of people or things over another.
  1. There was a deep-rooted racial prejudice long before the two countries became rivals and went to war...
     早在这两个国家成为敌人并且兵戎相见之前，它们之间就有了根深蒂固的种族偏见。
  2. There is widespread prejudice against workers over 45...
     人们普遍对年龄超过45岁的工人存有偏见。
  3. He said he hoped the Swiss authorities would investigate the case thoroughly and without prejudice.
     他说希望瑞士当局会彻底地、不带任何偏见地调查这个案件。
• VERB 使有成见；使有偏见；使出现偏袒
  If youprejudicesomeone or something, you influence them so that they are unfair in some way.
  1. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you...
     我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。
  2. The report was held back for fear of prejudicing his trial...
     因为担心会使他的审判有失公正，这篇报道被暂时压了下来。
  3. He claimed his case would be prejudiced if it became known he was refusing to answer questions.
     他声称如果大家都知道他拒绝回答问题，就会对他的案件抱有成见。
• VERB 损害；危害；使更糟糕
  If someoneprejudicesanother person's situation, they do something which makes it worse than it should be.
  1. Her study was not in any way intended to prejudice the future development of the college...
     她的研究绝对无意损害这所大学未来的发展。
  2. They claim the council has prejudiced their health by failing to deal with asbestos.
     他们声称，理事会没有处理好石棉的问题，从而损害了他们的健康。
• PHRASE 无损于；没有对…造成不利；没有对…带来改变
  If you take an actionwithout prejudice toan existing situation, your action does not change or harm that situation.
  1. We accept the outcome of the inquiry, without prejudice to the unsettled question of territorial waters.
     我们接受了调查结果，并没有使悬而未决的领海问题进一步恶化。

双语例句

• This Aesop's Fable tells us: Acquaintance softens prejudices.
  这则伊索寓言告诉我们：熟识淡化了偏见。
• From another angle, we have the courage to overturn prejudices and their own patent wisdom.
  换个角度，我们要有推翻成见的勇气和别出心裁的智慧。
• Laws influence attitudes over time, she says, by denying those with prejudices the opportunity to indulge them.
  这项法律断绝了对相貌丑陋心存偏见的人纵容这些偏见的机会，随着时间的推移，法律会影响人们的态度，她说道。
• Irrational fear is the source of prejudices, phobias and knee-jerk reactions.
  非理性的恐惧是偏见和恐惧症的根源，膝跳反射也是因此而发生。下面这些都是非理性的恐惧。
• Of course my prejudices and fear are all involved.
  当然，我的偏见和恐惧都包含其中。
• Such prejudices die hard.
  这些偏见很难消除。
• It was their ignorance and prejudices that allowed catastrophe: false ideas and bad values were at work.
  他们的无知和偏见使灾难得以发生：错误的思想和邪恶的价值观大行其道。
• Judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.
  根据观察到的现象不受个人的偏见和情感因素影响而得到的判断。
• We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.
  与我们交往的不是理性生物，而是充满了感情的，带有偏见、傲慢和虚荣的人。
• I suppose that's another example of our prejudices of Western superiority.
  我想这又是我们西方优越感带来的偏见。