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bias n.偏见,偏爱,斜线 vt.使存偏见 Some biases are completely innocent: "I have a bias toward French wines." But most often, bias is used to describe unfair prejudices: "The authorities investigated a case involving bias against Latinos." It is also a verb meaning "to show prejudice for or against," as in "They claimed the tests were biased against women." (In British English, it takes an extra S in the forms biassed and biassing.) The word goes back at least to Old Provençal, a former language of southern France, in association with the sport of lawn bowling, where it referred to the tendency of a ball to roll in one direction or the other. ★★☆☆☆ 2009.3

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['baiəs] Use the noun bias to mean a preference for one thing over another, especially an unfair one. The important of education in poor countries has fallen victim of bias. 1[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。2[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。3[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。4[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

英语单词	bias
英美音标	['baiəs]
中文释义	n.偏见,偏爱,斜线 vt.使存偏见
vocab简明	Use the noun bias to mean a preference for one thing over another, especially an unfair one.
vocab扩展	Some biases are completely innocent: "I have a bias toward French wines." But most often, bias is used to describe unfair prejudices: "The authorities investigated a case involving bias against Latinos." It is also a verb meaning "to show prejudice for or against," as in "They claimed the tests were biased against women." (In British English, it takes an extra S in the forms biassed and biassing.) The word goes back at least to Old Provençal, a former language of southern France, in association with the sport of lawn bowling, where it referred to the tendency of a ball to roll in one direction or the other.
真题原句	The important of education in poor countries has fallen victim of bias.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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。 4 [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
来源	2009.3

Bias Thing Cut Unfair Tendency N Var 可变名词 Person