bias
aptitude
bent
favour
inclination
preference
prejudice【导航词义:偏爱,偏向】
bias n. 偏爱;偏见,偏心
〔辨析〕指对某类事物拥有天赋或兴趣;也指因个人的好恶或偏见而对某人或某物作出的不正确的、有倾向性的判断。
〔例证〕
He has a strong painting bias.
他有很高的绘画天分。
She has a bias against jazz music.
她对爵士乐有偏见。
You should have no bias in favour of either side.
你对双方应该不偏不倚。
aptitude n. 习性;才能
〔辨析〕指做某类事情的习性,侧重指非后天形成的自然本能;也指在学习方面的资质或技能,常后接介词 for。
〔例证〕
Swallows have an aptitude for building nests.
燕子有筑巢的习性。
He has an aptitude for painting.
他有绘画的才能。
bent n. 〈正式〉爱好;倾向;特长
〔辨析〕强调对某个领域有特殊的爱好,或在某方面有特长。
〔例证〕
He has a bent for music.
他酷爱音乐。
The natural bent of my mind was to science.
我生来爱好科学。
favour n. 偏袒,偏爱
〔辨析〕指对某人或某个群体的偏袒、特别照顾。
〔例证〕
Usually, parents show favour to the youngest of their children.
父母通常偏爱最小的孩子。
He is careful to show favour to no one.
他小心谨慎地不偏袒任何人。
inclination n. 倾向,爱好
〔辨析〕指某人想做某事的一种意愿。
〔例证〕
She has an inclination for sports.
她爱好运动。
He has no inclination to be a teacher.
他不想当教师。
preference n. 偏爱,偏好
〔辨析〕指基于个人价值观、偏见或个人喜好程度上的选择。
〔例证〕
I have a preference for country life.
我偏爱乡村生活。
Ben has a preference of physics to/over English.
本爱物理胜过英语。
prejudice n. 〈贬〉成见,偏见,歧视
〔辨析〕尤指因种族、性别、宗教等方面的差异而形成的对特定事物不合理的否定态度。
〔例证〕
African Americans still face racial prejudice in America.
在美国,黑人依然要面对种族歧视问题。
He has a prejudice against pop music.
他对流行音乐怀有偏见。
talent
aptitude
faculty
genius
gift
knack【导航词义:天赋,能力】
talent n. 天资,才能
〔辨析〕指人在某一方面所具有的可发展和培养的突出天赋,语气弱于 genius。
〔例证〕
The father found that his son had a musical talent.
父亲发现儿子有音乐天赋。
Do you have a talent for painting?
你有绘画天分吗?
He is a writer of exceptional literary talent.
他是位文采出众的作家。
aptitude n. 天资,资质
〔辨析〕指天生的才能,尤指在学习方面的聪颖资质,能迅速掌握某种技能、技巧等,通常后接介词 for。
〔例证〕
He has a natural aptitude for writing.
他有写作的天赋。
Edison had a remarkable aptitude for inventing new things.
爱迪生具有发明创造的非凡才能。
The boy skipped the third grade because of his great aptitude in mathematics.
那个小男孩因在数学方面极具天赋而从二年级跳到了四年级。
As a child, he showed an aptitude for the piano.
在孩提时代,他便显露出弹奏钢琴的天赋。
faculty n. 〈正式〉才能,技能
〔辨析〕指某种特殊的才能、能力。
〔例证〕
George has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.
乔治具有激发他人信心的能力。
Studying has really sharpened her critical faculties.
学习的确增强了她的判断能力。
genius n. 天才,天赋
〔辨析〕语气最强,可指天赋极高者,也可指天赋的特殊才能与智力,强调高智商,含具有独特的创造力之意。
〔例证〕
Einstein was a great scientific genius.
爱因斯坦是个伟大的科学天才。
He was a genius in both science and art.
他在科学和艺术两方面都是天才。
He has some share of his father's genius.
他有几分父亲传给他的天赋。
She has a genius for linguistics.
她具有学习语言学的天赋。
gift n. 天赋,才能
〔辨析〕指人天生具有的能力或品质,但不一定具有创造力;也可泛指某人在某一方面突出的个人才能。
〔例证〕
I've always had a gift for learning languages.
我一向有学习语言的天分。
He seemed to have a gift for pastiche.
他似乎有模仿他人作品的天赋。
knack n. 〈非正式〉本事,技能
〔辨析〕指人天生的或后天学来的某种技能或本领。
〔例证〕
a knack for remembering faces
记人的本领
He has a knack for making money.
他天生有赚钱的本领。
Till has a knack of saying funny things.
蒂尔有说俏皮话的本事。
She's got the knack of getting people to listen.
她有让人倾听的本领。