| 釋義 |
bias /'baias; 'baias/ n 1 leaning of the mind towards or away from sth; predisposition: 偏見; 成見; 偏愛; 傾向; 癖性： He has a ~ towards/against the plan, is in favour of it/opposed to it without having full knowledge of it. 他對此計劃有偏愛(有成見)。 He is without ~, is impartial, unprejudiced. 他不偏不倚(公正，無偏見)。 2 cut on the ~, (dress-making, etc) cut across, slantingly. (裁縫等)斜裁。 3 (esp of a ball in the game of bowls) tendency to swerve; the weighting causing this tendency. (X 指滾木球戲中的球)突然轉(zhuǎn)向的趨勢; 歪曲的球路; 造成歪曲球路的重力。 vt (pt, pp ~ed or ~sed) [VP6A, 14] → (towards/against). give a ~ to; influence (usu unfairly): 使存偏見; 以偏見影響; 使傾向一方： The government used newspapers and the radio to ~ the opinions of the people. 政府利用報紙及廣播左右人民的輿論。 He is ~(s)ed towards/against the plan, is prejudiced. 他對該計畫有偏愛(偏見)。 He's clearly(s)ed. 他顯然有成見。 |