bias

Compared meaning: an unfair opinion or preference about people or things (noun).

比较义项：偏见，对人或事物不公正的看法或偏好（名词）。

• bias 本词

  Bias suggests an unconscious leaning that skews judgment, and is often used for institutions, media, research methods or data, not only attitudes toward people.

  bias指一种可能是无意识的倾向，会使判断失衡，常用于描述机构、媒体、研究方法或数据方面的不平衡，并不局限于对人的态度。

  The study's small sample size introduced a bias toward younger participants.

  这项研究样本量过小，导致结果偏向年轻参与者。

• prejudice

  Prejudice is a preformed negative judgment about a person, made without real knowledge or experience, and is usually condemned as unfair and irrational.

  prejudice指对某人未经真正了解或接触就预先形成的负面判断，通常被视为不公正、不理性而受到谴责。

  He judged the new employee with prejudice before getting to know her at all.

  他在完全不了解这位新员工之前，就已经带着偏见评判她了。

Bias and prejudice both mean an unfair opinion about people or things. Bias suggests an unconscious leaning that skews judgment, often about institutions, media, or data. Prejudice is a negative judgment formed without real knowledge, usually seen as unfair. Not compared: their use as verbs.

这两个词都表示对人或事物不公正的看法，但侧重不同：prejudice强调未经充分了解或思考就形成的先入之见，常指对某类人（种族、群体等）预先抱有的成见；bias更强调一种倾斜性的偏袒或倾向，可以是无意识的，也常用来描述媒体、数据或判断方法上的不平衡。这里不比较bias和prejudice作动词（“使产生偏袒”“使有成见”）的用法。