prejudice

英 [ˈpredʒudɪs]

美 [ˈpredʒudɪs]

n. 偏见; 成见
v. 使怀有(或形成)偏见; 损害; 有损于

复数：prejudices　过去分词：prejudiced　现在分词：prejudicing　过去式：prejudiced　第三人称单数：prejudices　

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同义词辨析

bias aptitude bent favour inclination preference prejudice【导航词义：偏爱，偏向】

biasn. 偏爱；偏见，偏心

〔辨析〕

指对某类事物拥有天赋或兴趣；也指因个人的好恶或偏见而对某人或某物作出的不正确的、有倾向性的判断。

〔例证〕

He has a strong painting bias.
他有很高的绘画天分。
She has a bias against jazz music.
她对爵士乐有偏见。
You should have no bias in favour of either side.
你对双方应该不偏不倚。

aptituden. 习性；才能

〔辨析〕

指做某类事情的习性，侧重指非后天形成的自然本能；也指在学习方面的资质或技能，常后接介词 for。

〔例证〕

Swallows have an aptitude for building nests.
燕子有筑巢的习性。
He has an aptitude for painting.
他有绘画的才能。

bentn. 〈正式〉爱好；倾向；特长

〔辨析〕

强调对某个领域有特殊的爱好，或在某方面有特长。

〔例证〕

He has a bent for music.
他酷爱音乐。
The natural bent of my mind was to science.
我生来爱好科学。

favourn. 偏袒，偏爱

〔辨析〕

指对某人或某个群体的偏袒、特别照顾。

〔例证〕

Usually, parents show favour to the youngest of their children.
父母通常偏爱最小的孩子。
He is careful to show favour to no one.
他小心谨慎地不偏袒任何人。

inclinationn. 倾向，爱好

〔辨析〕

指某人想做某事的一种意愿。

〔例证〕

She has an inclination for sports.
她爱好运动。
He has no inclination to be a teacher.
他不想当教师。

preferencen. 偏爱，偏好

〔辨析〕

指基于个人价值观、偏见或个人喜好程度上的选择。

〔例证〕

I have a preference for country life.
我偏爱乡村生活。
Ben has a preference of physics to/over English.
本爱物理胜过英语。

prejudicen. 〈贬〉成见，偏见，歧视

〔辨析〕

尤指因种族、性别、宗教等方面的差异而形成的对特定事物不合理的否定态度。

〔例证〕

African Americans still face racial prejudice in America.
在美国，黑人依然要面对种族歧视问题。
He has a prejudice against pop music.
他对流行音乐怀有偏见。

习惯用语

without prejudice (to sth)

不损害其他权益；无损于合法权利
without affecting any other legal matter
They agreed to pay compensation without prejudice (= without admitting guilt ) .
他们同意赔偿，但不承认有罪。

牛津词典

noun

偏见；成见
an unreasonable dislike of or preference for a person, group, custom, etc., especially when it is based on their race, religion, sex, etc.
1. a victim of racial prejudice
  种族偏见的受害者
2. Their decision was based on ignorance and prejudice.
  他们的决定是由于无知和偏见。
3. There is little prejudice against workers from other EU states.
  对来自其他欧盟国家的劳工可说并无偏见。
4. I must admit to a prejudice in favour of British universities.
  我得承认我对英国大学有所偏爱。

verb

使怀有（或形成）偏见
to influence sb so that they have an unfair or unreasonable opinion about sb/sth
1. The prosecution lawyers have been trying to prejudice the jury against her.
  控方律师一直力图使陪审团对她形成偏见。
损害；有损于
to have a harmful effect on sth
1. Any delay will prejudice the child's welfare.
  任何延误都会损及这个孩子的身心健康。

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。

英英释义

noun

a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Synonym:biaspreconception

verb

influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
Synonym:prepossess
disadvantage by prejudice

双语例句

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。
After a frank exchange of ideas, the two of them finally broke down their longstanding prejudice against each other and became friends again.
开诚布公地交换思想之后，他们两人终于解开了长期存在的疙瘩，重归于好。
That would most certainly tend to prejudice Country-born people against him.
这就必然使乡下人对他抱有成见。
Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.
罗就偏见的本质讲了一番很精辟的话。
He is free from prejudice to everybody.
他对所有的人都不带有任何成见。
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。
In high school, I was very unpopular, and I did encounter a little prejudice
上中学的时候，我很不受欢迎，确实受到了一些歧视。
I commented on his actions, speech with-out any prejudice.
我评论他的行为、言论丝毫不带偏见。
The speech implanted a dangerous prejudice in their minds
那场演讲给他们灌输了一种很危险的偏见。
I had to contest with deep-rooted prejudice.
我得和根深蒂固的偏见作斗争。