| 释义 | skewskew /skjuː/ verb [transitive]    skewOrigin:1300-1400 Old North French escuer  ‘to avoid’ VERB TABLEskew |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | skew |  |  | he, she, it | skews |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | skewed |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have skewed |  |  | he, she, it | has skewed |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had skewed |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will skew |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have skewed | 
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 | Present | I | am skewing |  |  | he, she, it | is skewing |  |  | you, we, they | are skewing |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was skewing |  |  | you, we, they | were skewing |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been skewing |  |  | he, she, it | has been skewing |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been skewing |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be skewing |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been skewing | 
1if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects them, making them incorrect:Some samples were handled improperly, which could have skewed the results.
 As 1968 dawned and events accelerated Jones's politics began to skew from those of his co-founders.For one thing, especially if the sample is relatively small, unlikely events can skew the sample.He said evidence was stored and handled improperly, potentially skewing results.Is television scaring our kids, engendering violent behavior, skewing their morals and generally eroding the aesthetic standards of Western civilization?Nationalist politics often favor local companies over outside media giants, skewing competition for new licenses.Politics can often skew decisions that should be taken on their merits.The insurance aspects of Social Security also skew the returns.We feel that this may skew any long-term investment planning for sport.
 All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures.2to affect or influence someone’s ideas, actions, or judgment, especially in a way that makes the ideas etc not correct or fair:  These assumptions about Communism skewed American foreign policy for decades. |