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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Prejudice \Prej"u*dice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prejudiced}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Prejudicing}.] [Cf. F. pr['e]judicier. See
{Prejudice}, n.]
1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions
formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the
mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an
unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a
cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman.
Suffer not any beloved study to prejudice your mind
so far as to despise all other learning. --I. Watts
2. To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias
of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to
injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause.
Seek how may prejudice the foe. --Shak
Prejudice \Prej"u*dice\, n. [F. pr['e]judice, L. praejudicium;
prae before + judicium judgment. See {Prejudicate},
{Judicial}.]
1. Foresight. [Obs.]
Naught might hinder his quick prejudize. --Spenser.
2. An opinion or judgment formed without due examination;
prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from
other considerations than those belonging to it; an
unreasonable predilection for, or objection against,
anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to
anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient
knowledge.
Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was
emphatically an honest man. --Macaulay.
3. (Law) A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which
interferes with fairness of judgment.
4. Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. --Locke.
England and France might, through their amity, Breed
him some prejudice. --Shak.
Syn: Prejudgment; prepossession; bias; harm; hurt; damage;
detriment; mischief; disadvantage.
资料来源 : WordNet®
prejudice
n : a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an
issue or situation [syn: {bias}, {preconception}]
v 1: disadvantage by prejudice
2: influence (somebody's) opinion in advance [syn: {prepossess}]