bias
- IPA[ˈbʌɪəs]
英式
- inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair；a concentration on or interest in one particular area or subject
- cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something；give a bias to
verb: bias, 3rd person present: biases, gerund or present participle: biasing, past tense: biased, past participle: biased
noun: bias, plural noun: biases
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名詞
- 1. inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair there was evidence of bias against foreign applicants the bias towards younger people in recruitment 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a concentration on or interest in one particular area or subject his work showed a discernible bias towards philosophy
- ▪ a systematic distortion of a statistical result due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation.
- 2. a direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric a turquoise silk dress cut on the bias 同義詞
- 3. (in bowls) the irregular shape given to one side of a bowl.
- ▪ the oblique course taken by a bowl as a result of its irregular shape.
- 4. a steady voltage, magnetic field, or other factor applied to a system or device to cause it to operate over a predetermined range.
動詞
- 1. cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something readers said the paper was biased towards the Conservatives editors were biased against authors from provincial universities
- 2. give a bias to bias the valve so that the anode current is normally zero or small
- unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something: we will not tolerate this biased media coverage
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- unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something: we will not tolerate this biased media coverage
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a garment or fabric) cut obliquely or diagonally across the grain: bias-cut satin palazzo pants
Oxford Dictionary
- inclination towards or prejudice against one gender: they argue that this kind of pay gap is the result of gender bias there appears to be some gender bias in the scripting
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- unconscious favouritism towards or prejudice against people of a particular race, gender, etc. ... we know there is unconscious bias that goes into hiring we have provided unconscious bias training to caregivers at all levels of the organization
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- the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
Oxford American Dictionary
- unconscious favoritism toward or prejudice against people of a particular race, gender, etc. ... we know there is unconscious bias that goes into hiring we have provided unconscious bias training to caregivers at all levels of the organization
Oxford American Dictionary
- a narrow strip of fabric cut obliquely and used to bind edges or for decoration.
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- IPA[ˈbīəs]
美式
- prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in ... there was evidence of bias against foreign applicants the bias toward younger people in recruitment
- cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something: readers said the paper was biased toward the conservatives editors were biased against authors from provincial universities
Oxford American Dictionary