| 单词 | foible |
| 释义 | foible (fɔɪbəl ) Word forms: foibles countable noun A foible is a habit or characteristic that someone has which is considered rather strange, foolish, or bad but which is also considered unimportant. ...human foibles and weaknesses. Synonyms: idiosyncrasy, failing, fault, weakness Collocations: human foible We cannot mistake it for a mere human foible, and we cannot, most certainly, in any situation, forgive it. Times, Sunday Times He calls these curious ephemera 'shadows of human foible'. Times, Sunday Times If we follow the guidance of the world's top shrinks, it seems, we will be reclassifying almost every human foible and fancy as symptoms of an unstable mind. Times, Sunday Times It's a loving (if unsparing) look at human foibles. Christianity Today He was a shrewd - though not a cruel - observer of human foibles and follies. Times, Sunday Times |
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