prejudicial
UK/predʒʊ'dɪʃ(ə)l/US/.predʒu'diʃәl/
C1
Definitions
adj.
Harmful to someone's interests or to a fair outcome (formal/legal)
（正式/法律）有害的，不利的
Root Breakdown
Native EnglishFrom prejudice in its legal sense ('harm to a case'). prejudicial means 'causing harm or unfair bias,' chiefly in law: prejudicial evidence sways a jury unfairly.
Root jur still carries 75 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.prejudicial to有损于
- 2.prejudicial evidence带偏见性的证据
- 3.highly prejudicial极具偏见性的
Example Sentences
- 1.
The judge ruled the photographs were too prejudicial to show the jury.