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单词 skew
释义
skewskew /skjuː/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINskew
Origin:
1300-1400 Old North French escuer ‘to avoid’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
skew
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyskew
he, she, itskews
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyskewed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave skewed
he, she, ithas skewed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad skewed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill skew
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have skewed
Continuous Form
PresentIam skewing
he, she, itis skewing
you, we, theyare skewing
PastI, he, she, itwas skewing
you, we, theywere skewing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been skewing
he, she, ithas been skewing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been skewing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be skewing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been skewing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Some samples were handled improperly, which could have skewed the results.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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.
1if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects them, making them incorrect:  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.
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