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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• But I will applaud the attempt to overcome human foibles.
  但我会为战胜人性弱点而作出的努力喝彩。
• But enough of the car's little foibles.
  不过，车的小缺点也说够了。
• You have to get used to other people's quirks and foibles.
  你得习惯别人的怪癖及缺点。
• 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。
• 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。
• Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
  布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。