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a strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement 偏见；偏心；偏向 accusations of political bias in news programmes (= that reports are unfair and show favour to one political party) 对新闻报道中政治倾向性的指责 Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。 Some institutions still have a strong bias against women. 有些机构仍然对女性持有很大偏见。 The article examines gender bias in our schools. 这篇文章调查了我们学校的性别偏见。
Collocations Race and immigrationRace and immigration 种族与移民 Prejudice and racism 偏见与种族歧视 - experience/encounter racism/discrimination/prejudice/anti-semitism
经历／遭遇种族歧视／歧视／偏见／反犹太主义 - face/suffer persecution/discrimination
面临／遭受迫害／歧视 - fear/escape from/flee racial/political/religious persecution
惧怕／逃离种族／政治／宗教迫害 - constitute/be a form of racial/race discrimination
构成／是一种种族歧视 - reflect/reveal/show/have a racial/cultural bias
反映出／揭示出／表现出／具有种族／文化偏见 - be biased/be prejudiced against (especially British English) black people/(both especially North American English) people of color/African Americans/Asians/Africans/Indians, etc.
对黑人／有色人种／非裔美国人／亚洲人／非洲人／印度人等有偏见 - discriminate against minority groups/minorities
歧视少数群体／少数民族 - perpetuate/conform to/fit/defy a common/popular/traditional/negative stereotype
固守／遵从／符合／藐视普遍的／流行的／传统的／负面的模式化观念 - overcome/be blinded by deep-seated/racial/(especially North American English) race prejudice
克服根深蒂固的／种族的偏见；被根深蒂固的／种族的偏见所蒙蔽 - entrench/perpetuate racist attitudes
固守种族主义的态度 - hurl/shout (especially British English) racist abuse; (especially North American English) a racist/racial/ethnic slur
高声地进行种族污辱 - challenge/confront racism/discrimination/prejudice
拒绝接受／对抗种族主义／歧视／偏见 - combat/fight (against)/tackle blatant/overt/covert/subtle/institutional/systemic racism
打压／反对／处理公然的／公开的／隐蔽的／微妙的／制度性的种族歧视
Race and society 种族和社会 - damage/improve (especially British English) race relations
破坏／改善种族关系 - practise (racial/religious) tolerance/segregation
- bridge/break down/transcend cultural/racial barriers
消除／打破／超越文化／种族隔阂 - encourage/promote social integration
鼓励／促进社会融合 - outlaw/end discrimination/slavery/segregation
取缔／终止歧视／奴隶制／种族隔离 - promote/embrace/celebrate cultural diversity
促进／欣然接纳／颂扬文化多样性 - conform to/challenge/violate (accepted/established/prevailing/dominant) social/cultural norms
遵循／挑战／违背（公认的／确立的／盛行的／占支配地位的）社会／文化规范 - live in a multicultural society
生活在多元文化社会 - attack/criticize multiculturalism
攻击／批评多元文化主义 - fight for/struggle for/promote racial equality
为种族平等而斗争；促进种族平等 - perpetuate/reinforce economic and social inequality
延续／加剧经济和社会的不平等 - introduce/be for/be against (British English) positive discrimination/(especially North American English) affirmative action
推行／支持／反对积极性区别对待政策 - support/be active in/play a leading role in the civil rights movement
支持／积极参与／领导民权运动
Immigration 移居 - control/restrict/limit/encourage immigration
控制／限制／鼓励外来移民 - attract/draw a wave of immigrants
吸引一批外来移民 - assist/welcome refugees
援助／欣然接受难民 - house/shelter refugees and asylum seekers
安置／庇护难民和寻求政治避难者 - smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK
偷运非法移民到英国 - deport/repatriate illegal immigrants/failed asylum seekers
驱逐／遣返非法移民／寻求政治避难失败者 - assimilate/integrate new immigrants
同化／融合新移民 - employ/hire migrant workers
雇用流动工人 - exploit/rely on (cheap/illegal) immigrant labour
- apply for/gain/obtain/be granted/be denied (full) citizenship
申请／获得／准予／未准予（完全的）公民身份 - have/hold dual citizenship
持有双重国籍
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2, Social issuesb2Bias often creeps in through the wording of questions. 提问的措辞往往夹杂着偏见。 The newspaper has a clear bias towards the Conservative Party. 这家报纸对保守党抱有明显的偏见。 There is a systematic bias in favour of employers in this country. 这个国家体制上存在偏袒雇主的问题。 He claims that America's media has a liberal bias. 他声称美国媒体有一种自由主义的偏见。 Claims of left-wing bias in teaching materials seem to be unfounded. 教材中关于左翼偏见的说法似乎没有根据。 It's difficult for any of us to look at a situation without some form of cultural bias. 我们中的任何人都很难不带着某种形式的文化偏见看待一种情况。 There is plenty of evidence of gender bias in the classroom. 大量证据表明课堂上存在性别偏见。 Many golf clubs are bastions of class bias. 许多高尔夫俱乐部是阶级偏见的堡垒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
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an interest in one thing more than others; a special ability 偏爱；特殊能力 The course has a strong practical bias. 这个课程偏重实用。 Leila had a marked scientific bias. 莱拉有明显的科学偏好。 In British universities there was a bias towards pure science. 英国的大学过去对纯科学有所偏爱。
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the fact that the results of research or an experiment are not accurate because a particular factor has not been considered when collecting the information （研究或实验结果的）偏倚，偏差 If a response rate is low, the risk of bias in the findings will be greater. 如果回应率低，调查结果出现偏差的风险会增加。
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researchc1We have now tried to correct the bias in our original report. 我们现在已试图纠正最初报道里的偏见。 The data was checked for potential biases. 为避免潜在的偏差对数据进行了检查。
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the bias of a piece of cloth is an edge cut diagonally across the threads 斜裁
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘oblique line’; also as an adjective meaning ‘oblique’): from French biais, from Provençal, perhaps based on Greek epikarsios ‘oblique’.