foibles是什么意思？

foibles

• n. 小缺点，小癖好( foible的名词复数 )；

例句

• Talking too much is one of his foibles. 太爱讲话是他的缺点之一。
• commonsense scholarship on the foibles and oversights of a genius 关于天才的缺点和失败的常识
• We have to tolerate each other's little foibles. 我们得互相容忍对方的小缺点。
• I shall never attempt to palliate my own foibles by exposing the error of another. 我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图掩饰自己的缺点.
• 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。
• Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles. 布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。
• ...human foibles and weaknesses. 人类的缺点和弱点

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