an idea or opinion that is formed before you have enough information or experience synonym assumption事先形成的观念;先入之见;预想;成见 a book that will challenge your preconceptions about rural life 一本改变你对农村生活成见的书
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2It is important to challenge society's preconceptions about disabled people. 反对社会对残疾人抱有成见极为重要。 It's important that you come to this task with no preconceptions. 重要的是,你承担这项任务之前不要有任何先入之见。 Most people have preconceptions about old age. 大多数人对老年有成见。 The facts refused to fit my preconceptions. 事实与我事先的想法不一致。 They like this approach because it fits in with their own preconceptions. 他们喜欢这一方法,因为它与他们事先的想法一致。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + preconception- have
- fit
- fit in with
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- with preconceptions
- without preconceptions
- preconception about
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