prejudice

【发音】

美 /'prɛdʒədɪs/ 英 /'predʒʊdɪs/

【翻译】

1. n.偏见

   英释:an un-reasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc – used to show disapproval

2. v.使有偏见，使有成见

   英释:to influence someone so that they have an unfair or unreasonable opinion about someone or something

【记忆】

pre(预先) ＋ jud(判断) ＋ ice (表行为) → 先入为主的判断， 容易产生偏见 → 偏见； 参考： hatred 憎恨； misunderstanding 误解； ignorance 无知

【短语】

1. without prejudice : 无偏见

2. pride and prejudice : 《傲慢与偏见》

3. prejudice against : vt. 对……的偏见

4. to the prejudice of : 有利于，有损于

5. racial prejudice : 种族偏见

【例句】

1. Women still face prejudice in the workplace.

   女性在职场中仍然面临歧视。

2. It takes a long time to overcome these kinds of prejudices.

   战胜这些偏见需要假以时日。

3. There was concern that reports in the media would prejudice the jury.

   有人担心媒体的报道会影响陪审团的公正性。

【真题例句】

1. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships...

【同、近义词】

1. n.偏见；侵害

   violation/bias/

2. vt.损害；使有偏见

   hurt/blast/

【同根词】

1. adj

   prejudiced : 怀偏见的；有成见的；偏颇的

   prejudicial : 不利的；有害的；引起偏见的

2. n

   prejudication : 判例；预断裁决

3. v

   prejudiced : 损害（prejudice的过去分词）；使抱偏见