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

• What does your site look and feel like when you strip away all your preconceptions and bias?
  如果去掉所有的先入之见和偏见，您的站点会给人什么样的观感？
• 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。
• Yacht Design Director James Roy believes it challenges preconceptions of traditional naval architecture.
  游艇设计主管詹姆斯·罗伊相信它是对传统军舰建筑学概念的挑战。
• 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。
• As we age, we will have to deal with the preconceptions which now exist.
  随着年龄的增长，我们得应对现在存在的某些观念。
• But keep in mind that talking things over with friends cannot free you from prejudices and preconceptions that are held by the entire group.
  但是要记住，与朋友之间的讨论无法使你逃脱整个团队所具有的偏见和预想。
• Why do men cross-dress? One argument is that transvestism or cross-dressing is a way of offering a challenge to society's preconceptions about gender.
  为什么男人要变装？有一个理由是：变装是向社会固有的性别观念提出挑战的一种方式。
• 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。
• 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。