prejudice

1. N-VAR Prejudice is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for one group of people or things over another. 偏見(jiàn)

There was a deep-rooted racial prejudice long before the two countries went to war. 早在兩國(guó)交戰(zhàn)之前就有了根深蒂固的種族偏見(jiàn)。

There is widespread prejudice against workers over 45. 對(duì)年齡超過(guò)45歲的工人有普遍的偏見(jiàn)。

2. V-T If you prejudice someone or something, you influence them so that they are unfair in some way. 使…有偏見(jiàn)

I think your upbringing has prejudiced you. 我認(rèn)為你的教養(yǎng)使你抱有偏見(jiàn)。

The report was held back for fear of prejudicing his trial. 因?yàn)閾?dān)心會(huì)使他的審判帶有偏見(jiàn)，該報(bào)告沒(méi)有公開(kāi)。

3. V-T If someone prejudices another person's situation, they do something that makes it worse than it should be. 損害[正式]

Her study was not in any way intended to prejudice the future development of the college. 她的研究絕對(duì)無(wú)意損害該學(xué)院的未來(lái)發(fā)展。