early 15c., "causing prejudice;" 1530s, "full of prejudice," from prejudice (n.) + -al (1), or else from Middle French prejudicial and directly from Medieval Latin prejudicialis "injurious," from Latin praeiudicium.
雙語例句
1. developments prejudicial to the company's future
不利于公司未來發(fā)展的新形勢
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The news - report was prejudicial to the defendant's case.
新聞報道不利于被告的辯護.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. You could face up to eight years in jail for spreading rumours considered prejudicial to security.
散布危害社會安全的謠言將被判入獄8年。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The judge agreed with the prosecution that such information would be too prejudicial for the jury to hear.