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单词 biased
释义
biased
adjective
uk
/ˈbaɪ.əst/us
/ˈbaɪ.əst/
C1
showinganunreasonablelike ordislikefor apersonbasedonpersonalopinions:
偏袒一方的；有偏见的
Thenewspapersgave a very biasedreportof themeeting.报纸对会议的报道明显偏袒一方。
Ithinkshe'sbeautifulbut then I'm biased since she's mydaughter.我认为她很漂亮，不过毕竟她是我女儿，我对她有点儿偏袒。
Synonyms
one-sided
slanted
Opposite
unbiased
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
unfair
  • unfairThey objected to the state's unfair treatment of dissenters.
  • unjustThey protested unjust laws.
  • biasedThe newspaper gave a very biased report of the meeting.
  • slantedThe report was slanted in favour of the developers.
  • discriminatoryThe company has a zero-tolerance policy toward discriminatory practices.
  • prejudicedIt is well known that the company is prejudiced against older workers and refuses to hire anyone over the age of 50.
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More examples
  • A lot ofpeoplethinkthat mostnewspapersare biased towards oneparticularpoliticalparty.
  • Liverpool onlylostthegamebecause therefereewas biased.
  • ThepresidentcriticizedtheWesternpressfortheirbiasedviews.
  • It'sobviousthat most of thecommitteeare biased infavourof theLabourParty.
  • Hisaccountof thesituationwas very biased and you shouldcheckyourfactsbefore making ajudgment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
  • ableism
  • ableist
  • agism
  • agist
  • Anglocentric
  • discrimination
  • discriminatory
  • elitism
  • elitist
  • ethnocentric
  • one-sided
  • one-sidedness
  • one-way
  • othering
  • partial
  • unbalance
  • unequal
  • unequally
  • uneven
  • unevenly
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(Definition ofbiasedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

biased| American Dictionary

biased
adjective
us
/ˈbɑɪ·əst/
showinganunreasonablepreferenceordislikebasedonpersonalopinion:
Thenewspapersgave a biasedreportof themeeting.
(Definition ofbiasedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

biased| Business English

biased
adjective
(alsobiassed)
uk
/ˈbaɪəst/us
preferringordislikingsomeone or something more than someone or somethingelse, in a way thatmeansthat they aretreatedunfairly:
biased against sb/sthHebelievesthe Americanjusticesystemis biased againstblacks.
biased in favour of sb/sthTheyclaimedthat thesettlementwas biased infavourofcorporateclients.
givingresultsthat are notaccuratebecauseinformationhas not beencollectedcorrectly:
A biasedsampleofintervieweeshas a set ofcharacteristicsthat are different from those of thepopulationas awhole.
Compare
unbiased
(Definition ofbiasedfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbiased

biased
The following is the author's position on the subject, admittedlybiasedby a structural engineering background.
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It should be noted, however, that abiasedpicture may have been produced by the selection of household tasks included in the survey.
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The fluid particles avoid moving near the fixed wall y = 0, so that as they emerge from the origin they arebiasedtowards the vertical.
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The standard methods are thereforebiased, but the magnitude of this bias is unclear.
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To assess the calibration it was important to use statistical models that were notbiasedby the high frequency of zero counts in the data.
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Biasedattention to signals of threat or danger are thought to create cognitive distortions through a process of overactivation.
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The second reason is again the limited number of polymorphic loci employed in the analyses, possibly leading tobiasedestimates.
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Standard deviations on the other hand will be positivelybiased.
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However, the subjects studied lived in a residential home and many were ex-smokers, so underlying age-related pathology may havebiasedthe findings.
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Our simulations showed that selection against large size (associated withbiasedmutation) similarly decreased within-population variability in both panmictic and clonal populations.
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Since, in addition, directly assessed numbers tend to bebiased, various indirect elicitation methods have been developed.
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The defence attacks the second witness claim by pointing out the corroborative evidence that the witness isbiased(17).
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The species responding to baits represent a relatively small sample of the meliponine guild, and may bebiasedto include foraging generalists, rather than specialists.
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This selection must bebiasedby both discrete immediate goals such as quenching thirst, and by general requirements such as self-preservation.
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In lemons, the relative mean proportions were not as stable through time even though the overall trend was also malebiased.
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