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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Indeed, his emphasis on the foibles of the entrepreneur, the unpredictability of outcomes and the power of evolutionary processes directly contrasts with the high rationalism that modern business schools teach or consultants promote.
  事实上，他对创业精神的缺陷、结果的不可预测性和演变过程的力量等因素的强调，直接与现代商学院所教授的、或咨询公司所推动的高度理性主义相冲突。
• 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。
• 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？