prejudice

noun

1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

Synonym: biaspreconception

verb

1. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

Synonym: prepossess

2. disadvantage by prejudice

1. 偏见；成见
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.

prejudice

e.g. There was a deep-rooted racial prejudice long before the two countries became rivals and went to war...
早在这两个国家成为敌人并且兵戎相见之前，它们之间就有了根深蒂固的种族偏见。
e.g. There is widespread prejudice against workers over 45...
人们普遍对年龄超过45岁的工人存有偏见。

2. 使有成见；使有偏见；使出现偏袒
If you prejudice someone or something, you influence them so that they are unfair in some way.

e.g. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you...
我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。
e.g. The report was held back for fear of prejudicing his trial...
因为担心会使他的审判有失公正，这篇报道被暂时压了下来。

3. 损害；危害；使更糟糕
If someone prejudices another person's situation, they do something which makes it worse than it should be.

e.g. Her study was not in any way intended to prejudice the future development of the college...
她的研究绝对无意损害这所大学未来的发展。
e.g. They claim the council has prejudiced their health by failing to deal with asbestos.
他们声称，理事会没有处理好石棉的问题，从而损害了他们的健康。

4. 无损于；没有对…造成不利；没有对…带来改变
If you take an action without prejudice to an existing situation, your action does not change or harm that situation.

e.g. We accept the outcome of the inquiry, without prejudice to the unsettled question of territorial waters.
我们接受了调查结果，并没有使悬而未决的领海问题进一步恶化。