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.
[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
biasAWL/ˈbaɪəs; NAmEˈbaɪəs/
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biasbiasesbiasedbiassedbiasingbiassingnoun1[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-)1biassb/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。2biassth 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; NAmEˈbaɪəs/
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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
bias2 verb
biasbias2AWL 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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