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N-VAR
偏見；成見
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.
例句
There was a deep-rooted racial prejudice long before the two countries became rivals and went to war...
早在這兩個國家成為敵人并且兵戎相見之前，它們之間就有了根深蒂固的種族偏見。
There is widespread prejudice against workers over 45...
人們普遍對年齡超過45歲的工人存有偏見。
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VERB
使有成見；使有偏見；使出現偏袒
If you prejudice someone or something, you influence them so that they are unfair in some way.
例句
I think your South American youth has prejudiced you...
我認為你在南美度過的青少年時代讓你產生了偏見。
The report was held back for fear of prejudicing his trial...
因為擔心會使他的審判有失公正，這篇報道被暫時壓了下來。
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VERB
損害；危害；使更糟糕
If someone prejudices another person's situation, they do something which makes it worse than it should be.
例句
Her study was not in any way intended to prejudice the future development of the college...
她的研究絕對無意損害這所大學未來的發展。
They claim the council has prejudiced their health by failing to deal with asbestos.
他們聲稱，理事會沒有處理好石棉的問題，從而損害了他們的健康。
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PHRASE
無損于；沒有對…造成不利；沒有對…帶來改變
If you take an action without prejudice to an existing situation, your action does not change or harm that situation.
例句
We accept the outcome of the inquiry, without prejudice to the unsettled question of territorial waters.
我們接受了調查結果，并沒有使懸而未決的領海問題進一步惡化。