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If something is prejudicial, it does harm — it makes a situation worse, or it hurts someone’s chances. You hear it a lot in the law: a newspaper story might be prejudicial to a fair trial, meaning it could push people toward a verdict before the court has spoken. It is a formal, heavy word, not a word for a small inconvenience. Though actually, students often mix it up with . A person has unfair opinions inside them; a prejudicial thing causes damage on the outside. They sit in the same family, but they do not mean the same.
有害的；造成不利影響的（法律上也常指對公平審判不利）
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
prejudicialadj/ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/
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Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
- I must believe that the absence of specific language in our Policy Book with respect to sexual preferences cannot be construed as encouragement to prejudicial behavior or treatment.
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Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
- Were I to give you money, for whatever reason, it would be extremely prejudicial to your chances in court if you were unfortunate enough to appear there.
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lawTending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.
- The judge had granted the DA a one-week extension with the caustic admonition that the case would be summarily dismissed if at that time probative, as opposed to prejudicial, evidence was not produced.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。