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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
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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 itdiscriminationpolitical/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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