preconceptions

英 [ˌpriːkənˈsɛpʃənz]

美 [prikənˈsɛpʃənz]

n.  事先形成的观念; 先入之见; 预想; 成见
preconception的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 事先形成的看法；先入之见；成见
  Yourpreconceptionsabout something are beliefs formed about it before you have enough information or experience.
  1. Did you have any preconceptions about the sort of people who did computing?...
     你对从事计算机工作的人有什么成见吗？
  2. He did not allow his preconceptions to compromise his scientific work.
     他不允许自己的先入之见破坏自己的科学工作。

双语例句

• I had no preconceptions about the place before I arrived.
  在我到达以前，我对此处一无所知。
• He did not allow his preconceptions to compromise his scientific work.
  他不允许自己的先入之见破坏自己的科学工作。
• The Red Badge shatters American preconceptions about what a war novel could be.
  《红色的英勇标志》打破了美国人原来关于战争小说的看法。
• Facing objections from both families and preconceptions from society at that time, they fought for their relationship and remained together.
  面对来自家庭的反对和无数社会偏见，他们排除万难，仍旧执着地在一起。
• It does not serve me to make blanket statements dismissing something based on your preconceptions alone.
  只根据你们自己觉知，而做出概括的言论否定一些事情对我不起作用。
• The political situation there was equally at variance with our preconceptions.
  那里的政治形势也同样与我们事先的想法不符。
• Remember to maintain a healthy skepticism about all preconceptions.
  记住对所有的设想都要保持健康的，怀疑主义的态度去思考。
• Seeing our own institutions through such media, we see ourselves as foreigners might see us were they to look at us without preconceptions.
  通过这种“媒介物”去观察我们自己的制度，我们就将会像那些在观察我们时不带成见的外国人所能看到的那样去观察我们自己。
• IF we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.
  如果我们读书时能抛弃这些偏见，那将是一个令人羡慕的开端。
• If I can challenge people's preconceptions of what a man is supposed to look and behave like at the end of the millennium, then that's extremely positive.
  要是我能在新千年将至之际，挑战一下人们的偏见，像是男人该怎么穿着打扮，怎么举手投足，那可真是妙事儿一桩。