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prepossession

/pree-puh-zesh-uhn/US // ˌpri pəˈzɛʃ ən //UK // (ˌpriːpəˈzɛʃən) //

先占,抢占,抢占先机,占有欲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state of being prepossessed.
    • : a prejudice, especially one in favor of a person or thing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbias

Examples

  • The fairest observers misconstrue all motives to action, where any received prepossession has found an hypothesis.

  • The chase, after all, was a fortunate accident, for it created a vast prepossession in favor of our assumed identity.

  • What prepossession, what blindness must it be to compare the son of Sophronicus to the son of Mary!

  • I believed that it was in vain to hope to recover the favourable prepossession and tranquillity I had lately enjoyed.

  • Notwithstanding this assertion you will, I know, adhere to your first prepossession in favour of prompt confessions.