foible
英 ['fɒɪb(ə)l]
美
- n. 弱点；小缺点；癖好
词态变化
复数: foibles;
助记提示
1. feeble => foible.
中文词源
foible 小缺点
来自feeble的法语拼写变体，用来指弱点，小缺点。
英英释意
- 1. a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- 2. the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
英文词源
- foible
- foible: see feeble
- foible (n.)
- 1640s, "weak point of a sword blade" (contrasted to forte), from French foible "a weak point, a weakness, failing," from noun use of Old French adjective feble "feeble" (see feeble). The spelling borrowed in English is obsolete in modern French, which uses faible. Extended sense of "weak point of character" is first recorded 1670s. Related: Foibles.
实用场景例句
- We have to tolerate each other's little foibles.
- 我们得互相容忍对方的小缺点。
牛津词典
- ...human foibles and weaknesses.
- 人类的缺点和弱点
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You could do Ebay , or dating or indulge another foible of choice.
- 你可以上eBay购物, 或者约会,或者纵容另外一个弱点.
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- My grandfather always carries his watch in his pocket; it's a foible of his.
- 我的祖父总是把手表放在口袋里, 这是他的一种怪习性.
辞典例句
- I should never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another.
- 我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图减轻自己的缺点.
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