foibles

英 [ˈfɔɪblz]

美 [ˈfɔɪbəlz]

n.  (性格上无伤大雅的)怪癖，弱点，小缺点
foible的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小怪癖;(性格上无伤大雅的)缺点
  Afoibleis a habit or characteristic that someone has which is considered rather strange, foolish, or bad but which is also considered unimportant.
  1. ...human foibles and weaknesses.
     人类的缺点和弱点

双语例句

• Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
  布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。
• Humor fosters acceptance of our humanness and our foibles.
  幽默会培养我们人性和弱点上的接受程度。
• But I will applaud the attempt to overcome human foibles.
  但我会为战胜人性弱点而作出的努力喝彩。
• We enjoy talking with other moms about them and their foibles.
  我们喜欢和其他的妈妈聊天，聊各自的优缺点。
• There many humorous allusions to human foibles in the drama.
  捐籽多处阅默地提到人类的弱点。
• Her room was a study in the foibles of an eager and ambitious mind.
  从她的房间可以看出一个热忠的，野心勃勃人的弱点。
• He would have been able to see his father's foibles, and he might have found the precept of absolute piety somewhat difficult to live up to.
  他一定会看出他父亲的缺点，因此也许会觉得那种绝对孝敬父母的观念有点不易实行。
• He explores the ins and outs of his opponents so that he knows their foibles and attacks those weaknesses by involving his entire team.
  他对敌人一五一十的探索，使得他知道他们的弱点，进而打到这些弱点上来击垮他们整支球队。
• You have to get used to other people's quirks and foibles.
  你得习惯别人的怪癖及缺点。
• Further, if you need to appear the expert and won't admit your flaws, foibles or 'gaps, you'll never get the help you need to make life change.
  进一步说，如果你需要表现得像专家，不承认自己的缺点、弱点或者缺陷，那么你就不能得到你要改变生活的帮助。