The teacher's negative comments might prejudice the students against him.

prejudice 是动词，意思是"使产生偏见"或"使怀有偏见"。这个词由前缀 pre-（表示"预先"）和词根 judice（来自拉丁语 judicium，意为"判断"）组成，字面意思是"预先判断"，即"在了解事实前就形成负面看法"。