[uncountable; countable, usually singular] (plural biases) bias (against/for/towards/in favour of sb/sth) if sb/sth has a bias, they are likely to prefer or dislike one thing, person or group rather than another, in an unfair way偏见；偏心◆Some institutions still have a strong bias against women.有些机构仍然对女性怀有强烈的偏见。◆Unions have accused the company of racial and cultural bias.工会人士指责这公司存有种族和文化偏见。⨁to avoid / have / show (a) bias避免／有／流露偏见⨁ (an) age / (a) racial bias年龄／种族偏见 if sb/sth has a bias towards sth, they usually choose that course of action rather than another because they believe it is better偏向；偏爱◆The Bank of England currently has a bias towards lower interest rates.英格兰银行目前仍倾向于实行低利率。◆We're looking for people with a bias for action.我们正在寻找注重实干的人。⨁to have / show a bias有／显露偏爱 (Finance 金融) the way that prices tend to either increase or decrease（价格上涨或下跌的）趋势◆The market bias is positive (= prices are rising).市场走势是积极的（价格上涨）。⨁a negative / positive bias负面／正面趋势 ⨁ a downward / an upward bias下降／上升趋势 ⨁ an easing / a neutral bias放松银根／中性立场 (Marketing 营销) mistakes in the results of market research tests or interviews, caused by problems with the number or type of people questioned, the type of questions asked, the attitude of the person doing the research, etc.偏差，误差（由受访者的数量或类型、所问问题的类型、研究人员的态度等造成市场调查或访谈的结果的错误）◆Avoid bias in your research by random sampling.在你的随机抽样调查中要避免误差。 gender bias