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Bias Favour Strong Cut ˈbaɪəs Thing Political Interest

The word 'bias' describes a tendency to favor one person or thing over another, often due to prejudice or preference. It can be used as a noun (prejudice) or a verb (to influence unfairly).

bias: 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.

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/ba͟ɪ͟əs/
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[N-VAR 可变名词]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.
  [usu with supp]
  • 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。

  • 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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[N-VAR 可变名词]偏好;偏爱 Bias is a concern with or interest in one thing more than others.
  [with supp]
  • The Department has a strong bias towards neuroscience.

    这个系特别偏重神经科学。

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[VERB 动词]使有偏见;使偏向 To bias someone means to influence them in favour of a particular choice.
  [V n]
  • 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 短语]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。

  • ...a bias-cut dress.

    斜裁裙装


Oxford bias AWL / ˈbaɪəs ; NAmE ˈbaɪəs /
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bias biases biased biassed biasing biassing
noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ,  usually singular ] a strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement 偏见;偏心;偏向 ◆ 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. 有些机构仍然对女性持有很大偏见。 ☞ collocationsat
race
2 [countable ,  usually singular ] an interest in one thing more than others; a special ability 偏爱;特殊能力 ◆ The course has a strong practical bias. 这个课程偏重实用。 3 [uncountable ,  singular ] the biasof a piece of cloth is an edge cut diagonallyacross the threads 斜纹 ◆ The skirt is cut on the bias. 这条裙子是斜裁的。
verb ( -s- or -ss- ) 1 biassb/sth (toward(s)/against/in favour of sb/sth) to unfairly influence sb's opinions or decisions 使有偏见;使偏心;使偏向 SYN
prejudice
◆ The newspapers have biased people against her. 报章使人们对她产生了偏见。
2 biassth to have an effect on the results of research or an experiment so that they do not show the real situation 影响(研究或实验结果)以致产生偏差 ◆ The experiment contained an error which could bias the results. 这项实验有一个错误,可能导致结果出现偏差。
bias / ˈbaɪəs ; NAmE ˈbaɪəs /
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biasbi‧as1 /ˈbaɪəs/ ●○○ AWL noun
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1[singular, uncountable] an opinion about whether a person, group, or idea is good or bad that influences how you deal with it → discriminationpolitical/gender/racial etc bias political bias in the press Students were evaluated without bias.bias against/towards/in favour of It’s clear that the company has a bias against women and minorities.2[singular] a natural skill or interest in one type of thing:  Lydia has a strong artistic bias.3on the bias in a diagonal direction
bias1 noun
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biasbias2 AWL verb [transitive]
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to unfairly influence attitudes, choices, or decisions:  Several factors could have biased the results of the study.
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bias

[ˈbaɪəs]biased, biassing, biases

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biased[1146]
偏见(84%),偏爱(10%),斜纹(4%),使偏心(2%)
n.偏见;偏爱;斜纹;乖离率
adj.偏斜的
vt.使存偏见
adv.偏斜地
n.(Bias)人名;(法、德、葡、喀)比亚斯;(英)拜厄斯

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