[VERB 动词]影响…的准确性;歪曲;扭曲 If something is skewed, it is changed or affected to some extent by a new or unusual factor, and so is not correct or normal.
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The arithmetic of nuclear running costs has been skewed by the fall in the cost of other fuels...
核运营成本的计算由于其他燃料的降价而出现了偏差。
Today's election will skew the results in favor of the northern end of the county.
今天的选举将使结果有利于这个郡的北部地区。
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Policies are definitely more skewed towards economic growth than before.
政策明显比以往更多地向经济增长方面倾斜。
...a handful of schools which constitute a skewed and highly selective sample.
几所被精心挑选出来的不具有全面代表性的抽样学校
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skew/skjuː; NAmEskjuː/verb1[transitive ]skewsth to change or influence sth with the result that it is not accurate, fair, normal, etc. 歪曲;曲解;使不公允;影响…的准确性◆to skew the statistics影响统计数字的准确性2[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.( BrE) to move or lie at an angle, especially in a position that is not normal 偏离;歪斜◆The ball skewed off at a right angle.球呈直角偏离弹了出去。skewskewsskewedskewingskew/skjuː; NAmEskjuː/
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skewskew /skjuː/ verb [transitive]
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1if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects them, making them incorrect: All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures.2to affect or influence someone’s ideas, actions, or judgment, especially in a way that makes the ideas etc not correct or fair: These assumptions about Communism skewed American foreign policy for decades.
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