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

双语例句

• We Russians of the educated class have a partiality for these questions that remain unanswered.
  我们这些受过教育的俄国阶层都偏爱那些还没有答案的问题。
• Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
  比其他人都受欢迎的和得到特别宠爱的。
• His novels show special individuality on choice of subject matter and artistic style: partiality to female beauty;
  他的小说无论从题材的选择上还是艺术风格的表现上，都呈现出独特的个性：对女性美的偏爱；
• He showed no partiality to either side.
  他对双方都不偏袒。
• His apparent partiality had subsided, his attentions were over, he was the admirer of some one else.
  原来他对她显著的好感已经消失，他对她的殷勤也已经过去&他爱上了别人了。
• Professional women have a partiality for this style of dress Because of its excellent taste.
  这种款式的服装，因其格调高雅而深受职业女性偏爱。
• She could not consider her partiality for Edward in so prosperous a state as Marianne had believed it.
  她不像玛丽安想象的那样，把对爱德华的钟情看得那么遂心如意。
• She has a partiality for French cheese.
  她偏爱法国乾酪。
• I will show partiality to no one, nor will I flatter any man;
  我必不看人的情面、也不奉承人。
• A partiality for liberal-minded friends;
  对思想开明之友人的偏爱；