fa·vou·ri·tis·mBritish EnglishBrE, favoritism American English /ˈfeɪvərətɪzəm/ noun [uncountableU]
UNFAIRwhen you treat one person or group better than others, in an unfair way 偏心,偏袒,偏爱 → favourite
their favouritism towards their first son
他们对长子的偏爱
Examples from the Corpus
favouritism• There were many cases of theft, misappropriation, and favouritism which tended to destroyconfidence in officialdom in general.• Marjorie never felt that there was any favouritism shown to her.• Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favouritism.• She was clever enough to know that any moves she made which might lead to accusations of favouritism from above could backfire.• Patients and their carers would have a realisticchoice freed from fears of favouritism and unfair influence.• And they blamed the finance Ministry's favouritism towards industry for the plight - and the restiveness - of the peasantry.
(BrE) (NAmEfavoritism) VERB + FAVOURITISM/FAVORITISM | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERB + FAVOURITISM/FAVORITISM➤show顯出偏心▸➤accuse sb of指責某人偏心PREPOSITION➤favouritism to, favouritism towards/toward對⋯偏袒◇She denied showing favouritism to any of her students.她否認偏袒任何一個學生。PHRASES➤accusations of favouritism對偏心的指責◇He resigned over accusations of favouritism.由於被指責有偏心,他辭職了。