favouritism

英 [ˈfeɪvərɪtɪzəm]

美 [ˈfeɪvərɪtɪzəm]

n.  偏爱; 偏袒

复数：favouritisms　

BNC.19946

牛津词典

noun

• 偏爱；偏袒
  the act of unfairly treating one person better than others because you like them better
  1. The students accused the teacher of favouritism.
     学生指责老师有偏心。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 favoritism


• N-UNCOUNT 偏心;偏袒;偏爱
  If you accuse someone offavouritism, you disapprove of them because they unfairly help or favour one person or group much more than another.
  1. Maria loved both the children. There was never a hint of favouritism.
     玛丽亚对两个孩子都疼爱有加，向来一视同仁。

英英释义

noun

• unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
  Synonym:discriminationfavoritism
• an inclination to favor some person or group
  Synonym:favoritism

双语例句

• The employees think that most pay raises are based on favouritism.
  被雇者认为大部分的加薪都不公平。
• People may view a promotion or salary rise as favouritism, no matter how much you deserve it.
  人们会视你的提升和加薪是源于这种特殊的关系，而并不去理会其实这是你理应得到的。
• "We shades are strictly impartial, not like you mortals with all your soft-heartedness and favouritism."
  “我们阴间上下都是铁面无私的，不比你们阳间瞻情顾意，有许多的关碍处。”
• I think this is not a brilliant plot, it is favouritism.
  我不认为这是个出众的情节，它是完全的偏心。
• They include unprecedented steps to protect labour standards, the environment and intellectual property, as well as new commitments against favouritism for state-owned enterprises.
  其中包括采取空前举措保护劳动力标准、环境和知识产权，同时做出新的承诺、反对偏袒国有企业的行为。
• He got his job through favouritism, not through ability.
  他是通过裙带关系而不是由于自己的能力找到工作的。
• His position could lay him open to accusations of favouritism.
  他的职位可以让他蒙受偏袒的指控。
• Make a clear distinction between public and private interests, refrain from seeking personal favour at the expense of principle and appoint people on their merits rather than by favouritism. Then, in this situation the only alternate is to kill the process.
  要公私分明，不拿原则换人情，要任人唯贤，反对任人唯亲。然后，在唯一的代理人要杀程序的这一种情形中。
• If we do decide to put his son in the team we don't want anybody to say it was favouritism.
  如果我们真的决定让他的儿子参加我们的队，最好就不要收他的钱，免得别人说我们有私心。
• This sort of favouritism can cause loss in self-confidence of the quiet child.
  这种偏好会使沉默的孩子失去自信。