Foible
['fɒɪb(ə)l]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Weak; feeble.
(n.) A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
(n.) The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Frailty, weakness, failing, defect, infirmity, imperfection, fault, weak point, weak side, blind side.
編輯:丽诺尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Peccadillo, failing, fault, weakness, infirmity
ANT:Crime, atrocity, enormity, sin
錄入:斯威尼
解釋/意思:
n. a weak point in one's character: a failing.
錄入:莉娜
例句/造句/用法:
- That lady had her own comfort and nonpareil on a much larger scale, andfor the moment, absent; so she sympathised with his foible. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But I said I would not make you my confessor, for you cannot reciprocate foible for foible; you are not weak. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Notwithstanding these foibles, and various others needless to mention--but by no means of a refined or elevating character--how pretty she was! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Now that was tact, for two of the ruling foibles of the masculine mind were touched. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He knew that this was like the sudden impulse of a madman--incongruous even with his habitual foibles. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And no tyrant-passion dragged him back; no enthusiasms, no foibles encumbered his way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But if you set forth the foibles of Londoners as plainly as you did in 'The Honey Bees,' I am afraid you would have half a dozen libel cases. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
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