bias

['baiəs]

n.偏见, 偏爱, 斜纹
vt.使偏心

n.[C][U]

1. 偏见, 成见; 偏心

Some people have a bias against foreigners.

有些人对外国人有偏见。

2. 倾向, 趋势; 偏爱

The pianist has a bias in favour of Chopin.

这位钢琴家偏爱萧邦。

3. 斜线, 斜纹

4. 【电】偏压

a.

斜的; 斜纹的

ad.

偏斜地, 对角地

vt.

1. 使存偏见; 使有偏心[H]

The newspapers biased their readers against the new government.

报纸使得读者们对新政府产生偏见。

He was biased against the plan from the beginning.

他从一开始就对这个计划有偏见。

2. 加偏压于

词形变化

动词过去式: biased/biassed | 动词过去分词: biased/biassed | 动词现在分词: biasing/biassing | 动词第三人称单数: biases/biasses |

词义辨析

同义:

a.斜的; 斜纹的

slanting  oblique  diagonal

n.偏见, 成见

prejudice  prejudgment  partiality  predilection  

同义参见:

complex  discrimination  preference  perspective  distortion  dispose  weight  

英英释义

名词 bias:

a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

同义词：prejudice, preconception

a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

同义词：diagonal

动词 bias:

influence in an unfair way

cause to be biased

同义词：predetermine

形容词 bias:

slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric

补充

biasbias英:[ˈbaiəs] 美:[ˈbaɪəs]n.1.偏见, 偏心, 偏袒They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。vt.1.使倾向于Many parents are biased against popular music.许多父母对流行音乐有偏见。

例句

1. There have been allegations of bias against women.有人称存在对女性的偏见。 2. There was no bias in favour of or against any particular school.不存在对任何学派的偏见或偏袒。 3. The Department has a strong bias towards neuroscience.这个系特别偏重神经系统科学。 4. Double frills are usually cut on the bias.双层荷叶边通常采用斜裁工艺。 5. We mustn't allow it to bias our teaching.我们决不能允许它影响我们的教学。 6. The lawyer made a tearful plea to bias the jury.这名律师以哭诉影响陪审团的裁决。 7. Don't let her insults bias you against your husband.别让她的辱骂使你对你丈夫抱有偏见。 8. there was evidence of bias against black applicants.有证据表明对黑人申请者抱有偏见。 9. the bias towards younger people in recruitment.对新招聘人员中较年轻者的偏袒。 10. [insing.]a systematic bias in favour of the powerful.对权势者的有计划邀宠行为。 11. his work showed a discernible bias towards philosophy.他在工作中表现出对哲学的明显爱好。 12. readers said their paper was biased towards the Conservatives.读者反映他们的报纸偏袒保守党。 13. editors were biased against authors from provincial universities.编辑对来自地方大学的作者存有偏见。 14. [as adj. biased]a biased view of the world.褊狭的世界观。 15. bias the valve so that the anode current is normally zero or small.给热阴极电子管加偏压以便阴极电流通常为零或很小。 16. a bias against women drivers对女司机的偏见 17. a course with a strong scientific bias一门带有强烈科学色彩的课程 18. Good newspapers should not be biased towards a particular political party.好的报纸不该偏袒某一个政党。 19. a biased report一份有偏见的报告 20. The writer has a strong liberal/conservative bias. [=favors liberal/conservative views]这位作家有很强的自由主义/保守主义倾向。 21. ethnic and racial biases民族及种族偏见 22. He showed a bias toward a few workers in particular.他对几个工人尤其有偏见。 23. Do they have a bias against women/minorities?他们对女性/少数民族有偏见吗？ 24. The company was accused of racial/gender bias.这家公司被控存在种族/性别歧视。 25. The decision was made without bias.这个判决是公正的。 26. She showed no bias toward older clients.她对年纪大的客户没有偏见。 27. a student with a strong bias towards the arts对艺术有着强烈兴趣的学生 28. The material for the dress was cut on the bias.这条连衣裙的衣料是斜裁出来的。 29. "I don't want to bias you against the movie, but I thought the book was much better."我并不想让你对这部电影有偏见，但我认为书要好得多。 30. The circumstances could bias the results of the survey.这些情况可能会使调查结果产生偏差。