prejudice

英 ['pred??d?s] 美['pr?d??d?s]

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復數:?prejudices;第三人稱單數:?prejudices;過去式:?prejudiced;現在分詞:?prejudicing;

prejudice 偏見，偏心，成見

pre-,在前，早于，預先，-judic,判斷，裁決，詞源同judge,judiciary.引申詞義偏見，偏心。

prejudice (n.): c. 1300, "despite, contempt," from Old French prejudice "prejudice, damage" (13c.), from Medieval Latin prejudicium "injustice," from Latin praeiudicium "prior judgment," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + iudicium "judgment," from iudex (genitive iudicis) "a judge" (see judge (v.)). Meaning "injury, physical harm" is mid-14c., as is legal sense "detriment or damage caused by the violation of a legal right." Meaning "preconceived opinion" (especially but not necessarily unfavorable) is from late 14c. in English.
prejudice (v.): mid-15c., "to injure or be detrimental to," from prejudice (n.). The meaning "to affect or fill with prejudice" is from c. 1600. Related: Prejudiced; prejudicing.

1. Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.: 羅就偏見的本質講了一番很精辟的話。

2. I've spent a lifetime fighting against racism and prejudice.: 我一輩子都在同種族主義和偏見作斗爭。

3. I'm calling in reference to your series on prejudice.: 我打電話是要談談你寫的有關“偏見”的系列文章。

4. It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations.: 這是一個關于種族歧視、身份錯位和期望落空的黑色喜劇。