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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He explores the ins and outs of his opponents so that he knows their foibles and attacks those weaknesses by involving his entire team.
  他对敌人一五一十的探索，使得他知道他们的弱点，进而打到这些弱点上来击垮他们整支球队。
• 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）
• There many humorous allusions to human foibles in the drama.
  捐籽多处阅默地提到人类的弱点。
• 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。
• 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。
• You have to get used to other people's quirks and foibles.
  你得习惯别人的怪癖及缺点。
• 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。