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。
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。
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。
Will to me, betraying the age means exposing its conceits, its foibles, its phony moral certitudes.
对我而言，背叛时代就意味着揭露它的狂妄、它的弱点、它枯萎的道德信念。
Indeed, his emphasis on the foibles of the entrepreneur, the unpredictability of outcomes and the power of evolutionary processes directly contrasts with the high rationalism that modern business schools teach or consultants promote.
事实上，他对创业精神的缺陷、结果的不可预测性和演变过程的力量等因素的强调，直接与现代商学院所教授的、或咨询公司所推动的高度理性主义相冲突。
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。
Further, if you need to appear the expert and won't admit your flaws, foibles or 'gaps, you'll never get the help you need to make life change.
进一步说，如果你需要表现得像专家，不承认自己的缺点、弱点或者缺陷，那么你就不能得到你要改变生活的帮助。
Arrive home at a reasonable hour; commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius; unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated.
在适当的时间回家；天才也有缺点是常识；没受过教育但有基本常识的乡下人能够解决那些困扰渊博的人的问题。
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）
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。