“bias”作为名词时,意为“偏见;偏心;偏差”;作为动词时,意为“使有偏见;使偏心”。其用法多样,可在句中作主语、宾语、定语等,也可构成一些常用短语和固定搭配。
名词(n.)
偏见;成见:指对某人或某事基于不充分的信息、错误的观念或个人情感而形成的片面的、不公正的看法。例如:Racial bias still exists in some parts of the world.(在世界某些地方,种族偏见仍然存在。)
偏心;偏袒:通常用于描述在对待不同人或事物时,没有保持公正、中立的态度,而偏向某一方。例如:The teacher showed bias towards his favorite students.(老师偏袒他喜欢的学生。)
偏差;误差:在统计学、测量等领域中,指数据或结果与真实值之间的差异。例如:There is a small bias in the experimental data.(实验数据存在一点偏差。)
动词(v.)
使有偏见;使偏心:表示对某人或某事施加影响,导致其产生不公正的看法或偏向。例如:Media coverage can sometimes bias people's opinions.(媒体报道有时会影响人们的观点。)
作主语
Bias can lead to unfair decisions.(偏见会导致不公正的决定。)
The bias in the survey results needs to be corrected.(调查结果中的偏差需要纠正。)
作宾语
We should try to avoid bias in our judgments.(我们在判断时应尽量避免偏见。)
His actions revealed a clear bias against women.(他的行为显示出明显的对女性的偏见。)
作定语
Bias news reports can mislead the public.(带有偏见的新闻报道会误导公众。)
A bias opinion is not objective.(有偏见的观点是不客观的。)
构成短语和固定搭配
have a bias against/towards:对……有偏见/偏袒。例如:Many people have a bias against immigrants.(很多人对移民有偏见。)She has a bias towards her own children.(她偏袒自己的孩子。)
show bias:显示偏见。例如:The judge was accused of showing bias in the trial.(这位法官在审判中被指控有偏见。)
unconscious bias:无意识偏见。例如:We all have unconscious biases that affect our decisions.(我们都有无意识的偏见,这些偏见会影响我们的决定。)