partiality

英 [ˌpɑːʃiˈæləti]

美 [ˌpɑːrʃiˈæləti]

n.  偏袒; 特别喜爱; 酷爱

GRETEM8法律

BNC.23815 / COCA.29852

牛津词典

noun

• 偏袒
  the unfair support of one person, team, idea, etc.
• 特别喜爱；酷爱
  a feeling of liking sth/sb very much
  1. She has a partiality for exotic flowers.
     她特别喜爱异国花卉。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 部分的；不完全的
  You usepartialto refer to something that is not complete or whole.
  1. He managed to reach a partial agreement with both republics.
     他设法与两个共和国都达成了部分协议。
  2. ...a partial ban on the use of cars in the city.
     市内部分地段轿车禁行令
  3. ...partial blindness.
     部分失明
• ADJ-GRADED 喜欢的；偏爱的
  If you arepartial tosomething, you like it.
  1. He's partial to sporty women with blue eyes...
     他喜欢爱运动的蓝眼睛女子。
  2. Mollie confesses she is rather partial to pink...
     莫莉承认她偏爱粉红色。
  3. I am partial to baking cookies.
     我喜欢烤制小点心。
• ADJ 偏袒的；偏心的
  Someone who ispartialsupports a particular person or thing, for example in a competition or dispute, instead of being completely fair.
  1. I might be accused of being partial...
     可能会有人骂我偏心。
  2. A newspaper criticized the president's proposal, saying that it was partial to Israel.
     一家报纸批评总统的提议，称该提议偏袒以色列。

英英释义

noun

• an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
  Synonym:partisanship
• a predisposition to like something
  1. he had a fondness for whiskey
  Synonym:fondnessfancy

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