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

• You have to get used to other people's quirks and foibles.
  你得习惯别人的怪癖及缺点。
• 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。
• This made basic sense as financial engineering& an unsentimental effort to work around risks, selection biases, moral hazards and human foibles that could lead to disaster.
  这样做大致合乎财务工程的道理，回避了风险、选择偏见、道德风险、人性弱点等问题。
• 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。
• Arrive home at a reasonable hour; commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius; unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated.
  在适当的时间回家；天才也有缺点是常识；没受过教育但有基本常识的乡下人能够解决那些困扰渊博的人的问题。
• 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。
• 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）
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。