每日一词【1039】hard-wired：天生的

今天我们要学的词是hard-wired。 Hard-wired, 用在人身上的时候，有天生的意思。 "Some people are hard-wired to be most productive during the wee hours," 有些人天生就是夜里做事情效率最高。 "He is hard-wired to take risks," 他天生就喜欢冒险。

《新闻周刊》最新报道说，在其它条件等同的情况下，外型更吸引人的男、女职员要比其他人收入分别高出5%和4%。 "Does it mean we are hard-wired to have a beauty bias¹?" 这是否意味着我们天生就会因为人的长相产生偏见呢？好的，今天我们学习的词是hard-wired...

1 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。