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

• 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。
• 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？
• Today they recognize that human foibles, biases and our hunter-gatherer origins can often be critical factors.
  现在，他们认识到，人性的缺点、偏见和打猎-采摘的起源，这些因素通常也很关键。
• 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。
• Commonsense scholarship on the foibles and oversights of a genius ( Times Literary Supplement)
  关于天才的缺点和失败的常识（时代文学增刊）
• Will to me, betraying the age means exposing its conceits, its foibles, its phony moral certitudes.
  对我而言，背叛时代就意味着揭露它的狂妄、它的弱点、它枯萎的道德信念。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was to the end an immensely human figure who loved life and laughter and was subject to the same weaknesses and foibles as the rest of us.
  归根结底，他是极富有人情味的人，热爱生活和欢笑，但也拥有与其他人一样的弱点和缺陷。
• 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。