| 单词 | preconceived |
| 释义 | preconceived (once / 4842 pages) adj When you already have an opinion about something before you've given it much thought, you can call that a preconceived idea. Many people have preconceived ideas about teenagers. It's almost always an idea or opinion that's described as preconceived. You might have preconceived ideas about what college will be like — in other words, you've formed a strong sense of what the experience will be before knowing much about it. Most preconceived ideas don't come from strong evidence, and many aren't true. The adjective is formed from pre, "before," and conceived, which here means "taken into the mind," from the Latin concipere, "to take in and hold." WORD FAMILYpreconceive: preconceived, preconceives, preconception+/conceivable: conceivability, conceivableness, conceivably, inconceivable/conceive: conceivable, conceived, conceiver, conceives, conceiving, conceptive, misconceive, preconceive/conceived: ill-conceived/conceiver: conceivers/concept: conceive, conception, concepts, conceptual, conceptualize/conception: conceptional, conceptions/conceptual: conceptualise, conceptualism, conceptuality, conceptually/conceptualise: conceptualisation/conceptualism: conceptualistic/conceptualization: conceptualizations/conceptualize: conceptualization, conceptualized, conceptualizes, conceptualizing/inconceivability: inconceivabilities/inconceivable: inconceivability, inconceivableness, inconceivably/misconceive: misconceived, misconceives, misconceiving, misconception/misconception: misconceptions/preconception: preconceptions USAGE EXAMPLESIdeas that confirm his preconceived notions, however, like his distrust of regulation, are immediately accepted as fact. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) “But first you need to erase preconceived ideas,” he says, “and that is the difficult thing.” Nature(Dec 14, 2016) This isolation would prove liberating, allowing the young musicians and artists who formed the core of the group the freedom to explore without preconceived boundaries. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) adj (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice certain preconceived notions |
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