skew
skew — 動詞
- skewpresent simple I / you / we / they
- skewshe / she / it
- skewedpast simple
- skewing-ing form
1. to pull something away from a straight line, or to make a figure, result, or jud
扭曲；使偏斜
使事物偏離正常方向或失去準確性
to pull something away from a straight line, or to make a figure, result, or judgement less accurate or fair than it should be
Hamza warned that one missing number would skew the entire survey result.
Hamza 警告說，一個遺漏的數字就會扭曲整份調查結果。
skew + result/data: distort accuracy
The graph's vertical axis was cut short, which skewed how the data looked to readers.
圖表的縱軸被截短了，這扭曲了數據呈現給讀者的樣貌。
Astrid felt the news report skewed the facts to favour one side of the argument.
Astrid 覺得那篇新聞報導扭曲了事實，偏袒其中一方。
skew + facts/report: present with bias
A loose hinge made the heavy cabinet door skew slightly to the left.
鬆動的鉸鏈讓沉重的櫃門稍微向左偏斜。
intransitive use: subject itself moves out of line
Tyler's unusual height skewed the class average by a full three centimetres.
Tyler 異常的身高扭曲了全班平均，讓它偏離了整整三公分。
- skew the results
- skew the data
- skew perceptions
- skew figures
- skew in favour of
文法句型
skew + noun phrase
skew + adverb/preposition (intransitive)
用法筆記
Transitive when an outside force causes the change (someone skewed the data); intransitive when the subject itself moves out of line (the frame skewed). The object in transitive use is often something measurable — figures, a survey result, a perception.
常見錯誤
skew — 形容詞
- skewpositive
- skewercomparative
- skewestsuperlative
1. set or placed at a slant rather than straight; not lined up squarely with what i
歪斜
不直的；處於傾斜位置的
set or placed at a slant rather than straight; not lined up squarely with what is around it
The picture frame hung skew on the wall, so Romi got up and straightened it.
畫框歪歪地掛在牆上，所以 Romi 起身把它弄正了。
Indra noticed the floor tiles were cut skew and did not meet at the corner.
Indra 注意到地板瓷磚切得歪斜，在角落處沒有對齊。
One skew bookshelf made the whole row of furniture look untidy.
一個歪斜的書架讓整排家具看起來很不整齊。
attributive use: a skew bookshelf
The carpenter checked whether the long oak beam was skew before nailing it down.
木匠在釘牢之前檢查了那根長長的橡木橫樑是否歪斜。
Sumin drew a skew line across the page instead of a level one.
Sumin 在紙上畫了一條歪斜的線，而不是水平的。
skew line: common collocation in geometry and drafting
- skew line
- hang skew
- cut skew
用法筆記
Most often used after a verb (hung skew, cut skew) rather than before a noun. Attributive use (a skew line, a skew shelf) is possible but sounds technical.
skew — 名詞
1. a slanting position or direction; the measured amount by which something is not
偏斜
偏離直線或對稱的狀態
a slanting position or direction; the measured amount by which something is not straight, level, or balanced
Adisa measured the skew of the shelf with a small spirit level.
Adisa 用一個小水平儀測量了架子的偏斜程度。
There was a noticeable skew in the way the heavy curtain hung from the rod.
厚重的窗簾從桿子上懸垂下來，有明顯的偏斜。
The tailor adjusted the skirt to correct a slight skew in the hem.
裁縫調整了裙子，修正了下襬的輕微偏斜。
Imran pointed out the skew of the fence posts after the strong storm.
Imran 指出了暴風雨後圍欄柱子的偏斜。
A skew in the data made the long-term trend much harder to spot.
數據中的偏斜讓長期趨勢更難發現。
skew in the data: figurative noun use from statistics
- skew in the data
- noticeable skew
- slight skew
- measure the skew
- correct the skew
用法筆記
Often appears with 'in' (a skew in the figures) or after verbs of measurement and correction (measure the skew, correct the skew). Used in statistics to describe asymmetry in a distribution.
同根字
- skewed形容詞B2
- askew副詞C1
- skewness名詞C2
常見搭配
常用片語
- on the skew
介系詞搭配
- skew toward
- skew to the left
- skew to the right