bi·as
noun OPAL W
/ˈbaɪəs/
/ˈbaɪəs/
- [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)
对新闻报道中政治倾向性的指责 - 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。 - The article examines gender bias in our schools.
这篇文章考察了我们学校的性别偏见问题。
Wordfinder- bias
- discriminate
- equal
- feminism
- homophobia
- human right
- marginalize
- persecute
- race
- society
Collocations RaceRaceRace and society- practise (racial/religious) tolerance/segregation
- bridge/break down/transcend cultural/racial barriers
- encourage/promote social integration
- outlaw/end discrimination/segregation
- promote/embrace/celebrate diversity
- fight for/struggle for/promote racial equality
- conform to/challenge/violate (accepted/established/prevailing/dominant) social/cultural norms
- live in a multicultural society
- attack/criticize multiculturalism
- perpetuate/reinforce economic and social inequality
- introduce/be for/be against (British English) positive discrimination/(especially North American English) affirmative action
- support/be active in/play a leading role in the civil rights movement
- experience/encounter racism/discrimination/prejudice/anti-Semitism
- face/suffer persecution/discrimination
- fear/escape from/flee racial/political/religious persecution
- constitute/be a form of racial/race discrimination
- reflect/reveal/show/have a racial/cultural bias
- be biased/be prejudiced against people of colour/(especially British English) black people/(especially North American English) African Americans, etc.
- discriminate against minority groups/minorities
- challenge/confront racism/discrimination/prejudice
- combat/dismantle/eradicate/fight blatant/overt/covert/subtle/institutional/systemic racism
- denounce/condemn racism/hate/anti-Semitism
- entrench/perpetuate racism/racist attitudes
- perpetuate/defy a common/popular/traditional/negative stereotype
- overcome/be blinded by deep-seated/racial/(especially North American English) race prejudice
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2, Social issuesb2- Bias often creeps in through the wording of questions.
提问的措辞往往夹杂着偏见。 - The newspaper has a clear bias towards the Conservative Party.
这家报纸对保守党抱有明显的偏见。 - There is a systematic bias in favour of employers in this country.
这个国家体制上存在偏袒雇主的问题。 - He claims that America's media has a liberal bias.
他声称美国媒体有一种自由主义的偏见。 - There were claims of left-wing bias in teaching materials.
有人声称教材中存在左翼偏见。 - It's difficult for any of us to look at a situation without some form of cultural bias.
我们任何人都很难不带某种形式的文化偏见来看待情况。 - There is plenty of evidence of gender bias in the classroom.
大量证据表明课堂上存在性别偏见。 - Many golf clubs are bastions of class bias.
许多高尔夫球杆都是阶级偏见的堡垒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- definite
- marked
- …
- have
- demonstrate
- display
- …
- creep in
- exist
- occur
- …
- with bias
- without bias
- with a bias
- …
- accusations of political bias in news programmes (= that reports are unfair and show favour to one political party)
- [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。 - Leila had a marked scientific bias.
莱拉有明显的科学偏见。 - In British universities there was a bias towards pure science.
英国的大学过去对纯科学有所偏爱。
- The course has a strong practical bias.
- [uncountable, countable] the fact that the results of research or an experiment are not accurate because a particular factor has not been considered when collecting the information
（研究或实验结果的）偏倚，偏差 - If a response rate is low, the risk of bias in the findings will be greater.
如果回应率低，调查结果出现偏差的风险会增加。
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researchc1- We have now tried to correct the bias in our original report.
我们现在已试图纠正最初报道里的偏见。 - The data was checked for potential biases.
为避免潜在的偏差对数据进行了检查。
- If a response rate is low, the risk of bias in the findings will be greater.
- [uncountable, singular] the bias of a piece of cloth is an edge cut diagonally across the threads
斜裁 - The skirt is cut on the bias.
这条裙子是斜裁的。 - a bias strip
偏置条
- The skirt is cut on the bias.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘oblique line’; also as an adjective meaning ‘oblique’): from French biais, from Provençal, perhaps based on Greek epikarsios ‘oblique’.