bias
- n.偏见;偏向;偏爱;偏心;斜裁;特殊能力
- vt.使偏向;使偏心;使有偏见
- adv.偏
- adj.斜的;偏动的
复数： biases 过去式： biased 现在分词： biasing 过去分词： biased 第三人称单数： biases
biasnoun
偏见；偏心；偏向
a strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement
accusations of political bias in news programmes (= that reports are unfair and show favour to one political party)
对新闻报道中政治偏袒的指责
Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias.
雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
Some institutions still have a strong bias against women.
有些机构仍然对妇女持有很大偏见。
偏爱；特殊能力
an interest in one thing more than others; a special ability
The course has a strong practical bias.
这个课程偏重实用。
斜裁
the bias of a piece of cloth is an edge cut diagonally across the threads
The skirt is cut on the bias.
这条裙子是斜裁的。
verb
使有偏见；使偏心；使偏向
to unfairly influence sb's opinions or decisions
The newspapers have biased people against her.
报章使人们对她产生了偏见。
bias
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N-VAR 偏见；偏心；偏袒
Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system...
各级司法机构普遍存在对女性的偏见。
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N-VAR 偏好；偏爱
Bias is a concern with or interest in one thing more than others.The Department has a strong bias towards neuroscience.
这个系特别偏重神经科学。
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VERB 使有偏见；使偏向
To bias someone means to influence them in favour of a particular choice.We mustn't allow it to bias our teaching.
我们决不允许它影响我们的教学。
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PHRASE 斜裁
A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.The fabric, cut on the bias, hangs as light as a cobweb off a woman's body.
这块斜裁料如蛛网一般轻盈地从一女子身上垂下来。
noun
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- a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- Synonym: prejudice preconception
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- a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
- Synonym: diagonal
verb
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- cause to be biased
- Synonym: predetermine
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- influence in an unfair way
- you are biasing my choice by telling me yours
adj
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- slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
- a bias fold
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Some institutions still have a strong bias against women .
有些机构仍然对妇女持有很大偏见。
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Be careful you don 't leave yourself open to charges of political bias .
你要小心别留下把柄，让人家指责你带有政治偏见。
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The course has a strong practical bias .
这个课程偏重实用。
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Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias .
雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
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The newspapers have biased people against her .
报章使人们对她产生了偏见。
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The skirt is cut on the bias .
这条裙子是斜裁的。
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Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system
各级司法机构普遍存在对女性的偏见。
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We mustn 't allow it to bias our teaching .
我们决不允许它影响我们的教学。
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In Japan firms are biased towards growth rather than profits
在日本，公司偏重于发展，而不是一味追求利润。
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You can 't help being biased so you may as well be up front about it
你难免会有偏见，倒不如干脆坦然承认。
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He seemed a bit biased against women in my opinion
我认为他好像对女性有点儿成见。
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Given data which are free from bias there are further snares to avoid in statistical work
即使数据本身不存在偏差在统计工作中仍需要避免其他陷阱。
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The Department has a strong bias towards neuroscience .
这个系特别偏重神经科学。
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There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political bias .
英国广播公司因被指具有政治偏见而遭到猛烈抨击。
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The protection that farmers have enjoyed amounts to a bias in favour of the countryside
农民所受的保护几乎变成了对乡村的偏袒。
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University funding was tremendously biased towards scientists .
大学科研经费向科学家极大地倾斜。
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He later accused reporters of wilful distortion and bias .
他后来指责记者有意歪曲事实并带有偏见。
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No doubt I 'm biased , but it was the most cruel , evil human face I ever set eyes on
我固然是有偏见的，但那是我所见到的最残忍、最邪恶的人。
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The judge was biased .
法官偏袒一方。
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The selection of pupils for grammar schools was biased in favour of the middle-class child of a small family from a good area
文法学校招生时偏向于录取来自好地段的中产阶级小家庭的孩子。
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The fabric , cut on the bias , hangs as light as a cobweb off a woman 's body .
这块斜裁料如蛛网一般轻盈地从一女子身上垂下来。
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You should have no bias in favour of either side .
你对双方应该不偏不倚。
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He has a strong painting bias .
他有很高的绘画天分。
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She has a bias against jazz music .
她对爵士乐有偏见。
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The judgement is often biased by interest .
判断往往因利害关系而有偏差。
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He 's absolutely impartial . ; He is free from any bias .
他丝毫不偏心。
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Many people have a bias against smoking .
许多人对吸烟很反感。
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The newspapers biased their readers against the new government .
这些报纸使读者对新政府产生偏见。
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Some people have a bias against foreigners .
有些人对外国人有偏见。
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Anecdotal instances are open to the criticism of biased selection .
奇谈怪论的例子容易受到带有偏见的选择的批评。
指对某类事物拥有天赋或兴趣；也指因个人的好恶或偏见而对某人或某物作出的不正确的、有倾向性的判断。
He has a strong painting bias.
他有很高的绘画天分。
She has a bias against jazz music.
她对爵士乐有偏见。
You should have no bias in favour of either side.
你对双方应该不偏不倚。
指做某类事情的习性，侧重指非后天形成的自然本能；也指在学习方面的资质或技能，常后接介词 for。
Swallows have an aptitude for building nests.
燕子有筑巢的习性。
He has an aptitude for painting.
他有绘画的才能。
强调对某个领域有特殊的爱好，或在某方面有特长。
He has a bent for music.
他酷爱音乐。
The natural bent of my mind was to science.
我生来爱好科学。
指对某人或某个群体的偏袒、特别照顾。
Usually, parents show favour to the youngest of their children.
父母通常偏爱最小的孩子。
He is careful to show favour to no one.
他小心谨慎地不偏袒任何人。
指某人想做某事的一种意愿。
She has an inclination for sports.
她爱好运动。
He has no inclination to be a teacher.
他不想当教师。
指基于个人价值观、偏见或个人喜好程度上的选择。
I have a preference for country life.
我偏爱乡村生活。
Ben has a preference of physics to/over English.
本爱物理胜过英语。
尤指因种族、性别、宗教等方面的差异而形成的对特定事物不合理的否定态度。
African Americans still face racial prejudice in America.
在美国，黑人依然要面对种族歧视问题。
He has a prejudice against pop music.
他对流行音乐怀有偏见。
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