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

Her boyfriend foibles often famously make it into her songs, including We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, but Swift says contrary to what some people may think, she's not sure she's ever been in love.
她男朋友的小缺点往往会成名地进入她的歌曲，包括《我们再也不会在一起了》，但与人们认为的相反的是斯威夫特说她不确定她曾经爱过。
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。
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 would have been able to see his father's foibles, and he might have found the precept of absolute piety somewhat difficult to live up to.
他一定会看出他父亲的缺点，因此也许会觉得那种绝对孝敬父母的观念有点不易实行。
Brown was fascinated by people's quirks and foibles.
布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。
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。
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。
That doesn't mean that big thoughts always come with cluttered physical offices, but it does mean that we're all going to have to accommodate each other's foibles.
这并不意味着伟大的思想常常来源于杂乱的办公室。但是却意味着我们将不得不学会适应他人的缺点。
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。
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。