prejudice, bias

名詞 bias:

1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
   同義詞：prejudice, preconception
2. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
   同義詞：diagonal

動(dòng)詞 bias:

1. influence in an unfair way
2. cause to be biased
   同義詞：predetermine

形容詞 bias:

1. slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric

1. Her scientific bias showed itself in early childhood.
   她在科學(xué)方面的傾向性在孩童時(shí)代就已顯現(xiàn)出來。
2. He has a bias against Japanese products.
   他討厭日本的產(chǎn)品。

bi.as

n.（名詞）
A line going diagonally across the grain of fabric:
織物的斜紋線：
例句：
Cut the cloth on the bias.
沿斜紋裁開

Usage Problem
【用法疑難】
A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.
偏見，偏心：偏好或傾向，尤指妨礙公平判斷的偏見
An unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice.
偏袒：因偏見而產(chǎn)生的不公正行為或政策
A statistical sampling or testing error caused by systematically favoring some outcomes over others.
偏差：由于系統(tǒng)上的結(jié)果偏差而導(dǎo)致的統(tǒng)計(jì)抽樣或試驗(yàn)的錯(cuò)誤
Sports
【體育運(yùn)動(dòng)】
A weight or irregularity in a ball that causes it to swerve, as in lawn bowling.
斜路線：如在草地保齡球等運(yùn)動(dòng)中導(dǎo)致球轉(zhuǎn)彎的球重或不規(guī)則路線
The tendency of such a ball to swerve.
拐彎球路：上述球突然轉(zhuǎn)彎的傾向
The fixed voltage applied to an electrode.
偏壓
adj.（形容詞）
Slanting or diagonal; oblique:
斜的；偏的：
例句：
a bias fold.
斜褶

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
bi.ased 或 bi.assed bi.as.ing 或 bi.as.sing bi.as.es 或 bi.as.ses
To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction; prejudice.
使有偏見：使向不公正方向施影響；使有偏見
To apply a small voltage to (a grid).
向柵極加偏壓

來源：
French biais [slant]
法語 biais [傾斜的]
from Provenôal
源自 普羅旺斯語
perhaps ultimately from Greek epikarsios [slanted]
可能最終源自 希臘語 epikarsios [斜的]

<參考詞匯><同義詞>bias,color,jaundice,prejudice,warpThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to influence unfavorably or detrimentally.:
這些詞共同的中心意思是.不利或有害地影響.：
例句：
past experiences that have biased his outlook;
對他前途有不利影響的經(jīng)歷；

例句：
behavior that has colored my opinion of her;
促使我對她有不利看法的行為；

例句：
a view of campaign promises that have become jaundiced;
對競選許諾抱有偏見的觀點(diǎn)；

例句：
lying that has prejudiced the public against the administration;
欺騙公眾反對政府的謊言；

例句：
bitterness that has warped your judgment. See also Synonyms at incline ,predilection
痛苦影響了你的判斷 參見同義詞 incline,predilection

In its sense of .a preference or an inclination,.bias can, in principle, be used with equal appropriateness for an inclination that is beneficial or for one that is adverse. But in a development similar to the one undergone bydiscrimination, bias has come to be used most commonly when it is believed that some injustice is involved. Thus, 90 percent of the Usage Panel accepts the sentence The court`s ruling provided a strong endorsement of affirmative action programs as a means to counter the effect of decades of racial bias in police hiring practices. Moreover, it has become increasingly acceptable to usebias to refer not just to an unfair preference but to an unfair act or policy based on such a preference, as in .The report also notes ‘remarkably consistent’ biases in administration R&D budget requests. These included emphasis on military R&D and civil basic research. (Christian Science Monitor).
在表示.偏向或傾向.時(shí)，bias 主要可能用來表示一種有利的或不利的傾向。 但當(dāng)其發(fā)展到與discrimination意思相近時(shí)， bias就更主要地用來表示不公正的傾向。 因此，百分之九十的用法使用小組成員都接受下面的句子： .法庭的裁決有力支持了把反歧視行動(dòng)做為一種手段，以糾正幾十年來在警察聘任上的種族偏見.。 不僅如此，bias 一詞不僅越來越多地用于表示一種不公正的傾向，而且更多地用來表示一種對于不公正傾向而產(chǎn)生的不公正行為或政策， 如下句：.報(bào)告還提到在制定研究與發(fā)展預(yù)算申請中的‘異常一貫的’偏見。 這包括強(qiáng)調(diào)軍隊(duì)研究與發(fā)展和民用基礎(chǔ)研究. （《基督教箴言報(bào)》）