单词 | prejudge |
释义 | prejudge (once / 19126 pages) v To prejudge is to make a decision about something before you have all the facts. If you prejudge a game, you decide who’s going to win before it starts. Better hold off on the victory party until it’s over. When you judge someone or something, you "form an opinion or a conclusion" about it. Adding the "before" prefix pre- to that means you come to this conclusion before you should. If an actual judge in a court of law were to prejudge her cases, she'd make her decisions before hearing any evidence at all. When you prejudge, you count your chickens before they hatch. WORD FAMILYprejudge: prejudged, prejudges, prejudging+/judge: judged, judges, judgeship, judging, judgment, misjudge, prejudge/judged: ill-judged/judgeship: judgeships/judging: judgings/judgment: judgmental, judgments/judgmental: nonjudgmental/misjudge: misjudged, misjudges, misjudging/nonjudgmental: nonjudgmentally USAGE EXAMPLESNot to prejudge or impose an outcome, but to provide a possible basis for serious negotiations when the parties are ready. Time(Dec 28, 2016) I don’t want to prejudge the guy, but that’s a bit unnerving.” Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) “I don’t want to prejudge the guy, but that’s a bit unnerving.” Washington Post(Dec 10, 2016) v judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence Hyper evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of |
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