favoritism

英 ['feɪvərɪtɪzəm] 美 ['feɪvərɪtˌɪzəm]

• n. 偏爱；偏袒；不公平

英英释义

Noun:

1. an inclination to favor some person or group

2. unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. His father loved him the most and showed favoritism towards him, so his brothers came to despise him.
   以色列偏爱他，使得他的哥哥们瞧不起他。
2. She never showed favoritism to one daughter over the other, as not to cause jealousy or bitterness between sisters.
   她从没偏爱任何一个女儿，这样就不会在姐妹间引起嫉妒或仇恨。
3. If you get a promotion ahead of her, that is favoritism.
   如果得到了晋升，职位比她高了，那叫偏袒。

近反义词

【近义词】

• discrimination 歧视
• preference 偏爱
• partiality 偏袒
• nepotism 裙带关系
• bias 偏见
• prejudice 偏见
• favouritism 偏袒