IDEAa belief or opinion that you have already formed before you know the actual facts, and that may be wrong 事先形成的看法[想法];先入之见,成见
preconception about/of
I had the same preconceptions about life in South Africa that many people have.
我对南非的生活抱有和许多人一样的成见。
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preconception• Edelstein challenges any preconceptions one might have of what a New Jerseysteeldispatcher should look like.• Everyone has certainpreconceptions of what a drug addict is.• There were no thoughts in his mind, no preconceptions, only the demand for information.• But with the new noise come all the old preconceptions and problems of how women present themselves.• I advise anyone to resistpreconceptions.• In this era of fundingcutbacks and academicbraindrains, one must suspendpreconceptions.• Once again it was a case of letting their preconceptions about the world get in the way.• They have this preconception of a gunstoreowner.
had ... preconceptions• Fara had no preconceptions about child care and simply did as she was told.
VERB + PRECONCEPTION | PREPOSITIONVERB + PRECONCEPTION➤have有先入之見▸➤fit, fit in with與事先的想法一致◇The facts refused to fit my preconceptions.事實與我事先的想法不一致。◇They like this approach because it fits in with their own preconceptions.他們喜歡這一方法,因為它與他們事先的想法一致。➤challenge, defy, shatter質疑/蔑視/打破成見◇It is important to challenge society's preconceptions about disabled people.反對社會對殘疾人抱有成見極為重要。PREPOSITION➤with preconceptions, without preconceptions有成見;沒有成見◇It's important that you come to this task with no preconceptions.重要的是,你承擔這項任務之前不要有任何先入之見。➤preconception about對⋯的成見◇Most people have preconceptions about old age.大多數人對老年有成見。➤preconception of⋯的成見◇her preconceptions of life in the country她對鄉下生活的先入之見