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bias

UK //ˈbaɪəs//US //ˈbaɪəs//

词源

源自法语 biais(斜线,倾斜),最初指斜切或倾斜的布料,16世纪引申为'倾向性'的比喻意义。

noun

❶ 偏见或成见,指对某人或某事不公平的倾向或偏好,通常基于主观感受而非客观事实。

“The journalist was accused of showing bias in his reporting.”

(这位记者被指控在报道中表现出偏见。)

“There is a clear bias against older workers in some industries.”

(某些行业对年长员工存在明显的偏见。)

❶ 统计学中的偏差,指系统性的误差导致结果偏离真实值。

“The survey results may contain sampling bias.”

(调查结果可能存在抽样偏差。)

“Researchers tried to eliminate bias from their experiment.”

(研究人员试图消除实验中的偏差。)

同义词:prejudice, partiality, inclination, preference, distortion

verb

❶ 使产生偏见,影响某人以不公平的方式看待事物。

“The media coverage biased public opinion.”

(媒体报道使公众产生了偏见。)

“Her upbringing biased her against certain foods.”

(她的成长经历使她对某些食物有偏见。)

同义词:prejudice, influence, sway, distort, skew

常见短语

confirmation bias — 确认偏误,指人们倾向于寻找支持自己观点的证据而忽略相反信息。

“His confirmation bias made him ignore all opposing arguments.”

(他的确认偏误使他忽略了所有反对论点。)

implicit bias — 隐性偏见,指人们无意识中持有的态度或刻板印象。

“The training aimed to reduce employees' implicit biases.”

(该培训旨在减少员工的隐性偏见。)