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

Investors, however, have become a lot more familiar with the foibles of Hong Kong's business elites, thanks to the efforts of one man.
然而，由于一个人的努力，投资者对于香港商业精英的这些小缺点更加熟知。
But these foibles, real or apparent, were fast vanishing in the incessant growth of a spirit so robust and wise, and which effaced its defeats with new triumphs.
但这些明显和真实的怪癖，很快便淹没在他不断生长的旺盛和聪慧的精神，也以新的胜利抹去了自身的缺陷。
He finds human foibles endearing, but is unforgiving of pretension.
他觉得人性的弱点很可爱，但不能容忍惺惺作态。
That doesn't mean that big thoughts always come with cluttered physical offices, but it does mean that we're all going to have to accommodate each other's foibles.
这并不意味着伟大的思想常常来源于杂乱的办公室。但是却意味着我们将不得不学会适应他人的缺点。
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。
What interests me is not just the endless weakness of human nature but how technology now allows these foibles to be indulged at work.
令我感兴趣的，不仅是人性中无穷无尽的弱点，还有科技让人们在工作中纵容这些弱点的程度。
The ability to laugh at your foibles not only makes you happier as a person, it makes you more powerful, more influential and more attractive to others.
自嘲自己的怪癖不仅会让你成为一个更幸福的人，而且使你更有力量，更有影响力，也更有魅力。
Can this failure be put down to his peculiar personality and foibles?
这次失败是否可以归因于他那特殊的个性与性格弱点？
Her boyfriend foibles often famously make it into her songs, including We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, but Swift says contrary to what some people may think, she's not sure she's ever been in love.
她男朋友的小缺点往往会成名地进入她的歌曲，包括《我们再也不会在一起了》，但与人们认为的相反的是斯威夫特说她不确定她曾经爱过。
But Trollope found favour with the reading public, who enjoyed the meticulous detail in his descriptions and the colourful way he brought the foibles of English society to life.
他们欣赏他描写的深刻细致，把英国社会种种瑕疵描绘得栩栩如生。