prepossession meaning in English

n.
1.预先形成的印象[信念]；偏爱，袒护；偏见。
2.全神贯注；着迷。
3.〔古语〕先占，先领。

If she suspected any of his son's prepossession elsewhere, it could not be in that quarter .
如果她怀疑儿子另有所欢，也不会想到那一头。
Pleased with the preference of one , and offended by the neglect of the other , on the very beginning of our acquaintance , i have courted prepossession and ignorance , and driven reason away , where either were concerned
开头刚刚认识他们两位的时候，一个喜欢我，我很高兴，一个怠慢我，我就生气，因此造成了我的偏见和无知，遇到与他们有关的事情，我就不能明辨是非。
" as to her younger daughters she could not take upon her to say - she could not positively answer - but she did not know of any prepossession ; - her eldest daughter , she must just mention - she felt it incumbent on her to hint , was likely to be very soon engaged .
“讲到我几个小女儿，我没有什么意见当然也不能一口答应不过我还没有听说她们有什么对象至于我的大女儿，我可不得不提一提我觉得有责任提醒你一下大女儿可能很快就要订婚了。 ”