[mass noun]prejudice in favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, especially in a way considered to be unfair
偏袒;偏见
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there was evidence of bias against black applicants 有证据表明对黑人申请者抱有偏见
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the bias towards younger people in recruitment 对新招聘人员中较年轻者的偏袒
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[in sing.]
a systematic bias in favour of the powerful. 对权势者的有计划邀宠行为。
[in sing.]a concentration on or interest in one particular area or subject
(对某领域或学科的)偏好,兴趣
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his work showed a discernible bias towards philosophy. 他在工作中表现出对哲学的明显爱好。
a systematic distortion of a statistical result due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation
(统计)偏差,偏倚,偏性。
an edge cut obliquely across the grain of a fabric
(对织物的)斜裁。
【滚木球】 偏重心球形。
the oblique course that such a shape causes a bowl to run
(草地滚木球曲线滚动的)偏斜路线。
【电子】 偏压;偏统。
[with obj.](一般作
使有偏心,使有偏见
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readers said their paper was biased towards the Conservatives 读者反映他们的报纸偏袒保守党
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editors were biased against authors from provincial universities 编辑对来自地方大学的作者存有偏见
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[as adj.
biased ]a biased view of the world. 褊狭的世界观。
【电子】 加偏压(或偏流)于
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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。
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cut on the bias (of a fabric or garment) cut obliquely or diagonally across the grain (织物或衣料)斜裁的,斜剪的
"mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘oblique line'; also as an adjective meaning ‘oblique’): from French