stereotype
英 ['sterɪə(ʊ)taɪp; 'stɪərɪə(ʊ)-]
美 ['stɛrɪətaɪp]
- vt. 使用鉛版；套用老套，使一成不變
- n. 陳腔濫調，老套；鉛版
中文詞源
stereotype 鉛版印刷，鉛板製版法，刻板印象，模式化觀念stereo-,固定的，堅固的，type,印刷，打印。原指一種印刷方法，引申詞義刻板印象，模式化 觀念等。
英文詞源
- stereotype (n.)
- 1798, "method of printing from a plate," from French stéréotype (adj.) "printed by means of a solid plate of type," from Greek stereos "solid" (see stereo-) + French type "type" (see type (n.)). Meaning "a stereotype plate" is from 1817. Meaning "image perpetuated without change" is first recorded 1850, from the verb in this sense. Meaning "preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group" is recorded from 1922.
- stereotype (v.)
- 1804, "to cast a stereotype plate," from stereotype (n.). From 1819 in the figurative sense "fix firmly or unchangeably." By 1953 as "assign preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group." Related: Stereotyped; stereotyping.
雙語例句
- 1. It's wrong to stereotype people, as if they were all alike.
- 把人們看作都是一樣的,這是錯誤的.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.
- 他是我心目中的典型教師.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I am well aware that we all conform to one stereotype or another.
- 我們所有人都能找到某種與自己相似的模式化形象，這一點我很清楚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Many men feel their body shape doesn't live up to the stereotype of the ideal man.
- 很多男人都覺得自己的體形不符合人們心目中慣有的理想男性形象。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.
- 人們對於成功商人一直都有一種固定印象。
來自辭典例句