bias

noun

1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

Synonym: prejudicepreconception

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

Synonym: diagonal

verb

1. cause to be biased

Synonym: predetermine

2. influence in an unfair way

e.g. you are biasing my choice by telling me yours

adj

1. slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric

e.g. a bias fold

1. 偏见；偏心；偏袒
Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.

e.g. Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system...
各级司法机构普遍存在对女性的偏见。
e.g. There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political bias.
英国广播公司因被指具有政治偏见而遭到猛烈抨击。

2. 偏好；偏爱
Bias is a concern with or interest in one thing more than others.

bias的解释

e.g. The Department has a strong bias towards neuroscience.
这个系特别偏重神经科学。

3. 使有偏见；使偏向
To bias someone means to influence them in favour of a particular choice.

e.g. We mustn't allow it to bias our teaching.
我们决不允许它影响我们的教学。

4. 斜裁
A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.

e.g. The fabric, cut on the bias, hangs as light as a cobweb off a woman's body.
这块斜裁料如蛛网一般轻盈地从一女子身上垂下来。
e.g. ...a bias-cut dress.
斜裁裙装

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