foible
发音
英 [ˈfɔɪbl]
美 [ˈfɔɪbəl]
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- n.
- 小缺点，小癖好
单词词源
foible 小缺点
来自feeble的法语拼写变体，用来指弱点，小缺点。
双语例句
- 1. A penchant for rich desserts is her only foible .
- 嗜吃油腻的甜点是她唯一的小缺点。
- 2. Whenever a local foible or tradition grabbed his interest , such as the country 's idiosyncratic waterway laws , he would research it exhaustively .
- 当地任何一种怪癖或者习俗（比如该国另类的水路交通法），他只要感兴趣，不管怎样都要查个究竟。
- 3. I shall never attempt to palliate my own foible by exposing the error of another .
- 我从不想暴露别人的错误，以图掩饰自己的缺点。
- 4. " Science is his forte , and omniscience his foible " ( sydney smith ) .
- “科学是他的长处，而无所不知则是他的小缺点”（西德尼史密斯）。
- 5. 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。