bias

n.
1. (lit.a term from the game of bowls) weight loadedon one side of a bowl to make it move in a curve; pre-pondering tendency,bent.inclination（木球戏用语）为使木球呈曲线移动而在其一侧所装填的重物；（转义）偏向，倾向。
△Tw.5.1.270 (260): “But Nature to her bias drewin that.”不过这也是顺从自然的倾向。
△Shr.4.5.25:“against the bias.”逆着重心的方向滚，偏离正轨。
2. bent,inclination,the way something normallytends to move爱好，倾向，正常趋向。
△Lr.1.2.123(110):“The King falls from bias of nature;there’s fa-ther against child.”国王违反了他的慈爱本性；这是父亲对孩子不好。
3.natural tendency,i.e. (a student’s) learning自然倾向，(转指：学生的)学业。
△L.L.L.4.2. 114 (109):“Studyhis bias leaves,and makes his book thine eyes，”学生抛弃了学业，把你的眼睛当书来读。

bias[ˈbaiəs]

v.& n.偏见，偏爱，对…有成见，偏差，偏移，偏航，偏压，偏斜，斜线，偏向
◇ be biased against 对…抱有偏见，对…有成见
be under bias towards 偏向于，对…有偏见
bias for sb.偏袒某人
have bias towards对…有偏见
‖ biased adj. 有偏见的
biased choice 偏差选择
biased error 选择偏误，偏移误差
biased estimate 偏误估计
bias light 背景光
biased response 有偏见的反应
biased sample 有偏见的样本，偏差抽样
biasing n.