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bias n.偏见；偏爱；斜纹vt.使偏心 (1) 他讨厌日本的产品。(2) 历史常为偏见所曲解。(3) 这名法官执法公正无私。(4) 她在科学方面的倾向性在孩童时代就已显现出来。(5) 她对音乐有强烈的爱好。(6) 这名律师以哭诉影响陪审团的裁决。(7) 他的经历使他对商人抱有偏见。 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.

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英 ['baɪəs] 美 ['baɪəs] (1) He has a bias against Japanese products.(2) Histories are often warped by bias.(3) The judge dispenses the law without bias.(4) Her scientific bias showed itself in early childhood.(5) She has a strong musical bias.(6) The lawyer made a tearful plea to bias the jury.(7) His experiences bias him against businessmen. Use the noun bias to mean a preference for one thing over another, especially an unfair one. 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	英 ['baɪəs] 美 ['baɪəs]
中文释义	n.偏见；偏爱；斜纹 vt.使偏心
英语例句	(1) He has a bias against Japanese products. (2) Histories are often warped by bias. (3) The judge dispenses the law without bias. (4) Her scientific bias showed itself in early childhood. (5) She has a strong musical bias. (6) The lawyer made a tearful plea to bias the jury. (7) His experiences bias him against businessmen.
中文例句	(1) 他讨厌日本的产品。 (2) 历史常为偏见所曲解。 (3) 这名法官执法公正无私。 (4) 她在科学方面的倾向性在孩童时代就已显现出来。 (5) 她对音乐有强烈的爱好。 (6) 这名律师以哭诉影响陪审团的裁决。 (7) 他的经历使他对商人抱有偏见。
vocabulary简明	Use the noun bias to mean a preference for one thing over another, especially an unfair one.
vocabulary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.
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

Bias Thing Cut Strong Unfair Tendency N Var 可变名词