| 单词 | indiscretion |
| 释义 | indiscretion (ɪndɪskreʃən ) Word forms: indiscretions variable noun If you talk about someone's indiscretion, you mean that they have done or said something that is risky, careless, or likely to upset people. Occasionally they paid for their indiscretion with their lives. ...punishing me for an indiscretion committed a decade ago. Synonyms: folly, foolishness, recklessness, imprudence Quotations: Careless talk costs lives Second World War security slogan Collocations: past indiscretion You can even wipe the slate clean of past indiscretions. Times, Sunday Times His past indiscretions have not affected his popularity on the show. The Sun But it quickly escalated to 'revenge blogs'; purporting to reveal those journalists' past indiscretions, and doxxing attacks. Christianity Today Past indiscretions were to be counted. Times, Sunday Times Others, however, say past indiscretions should not be used to besmirch the reputation of the poet, widely considered one of the best in the world. Times, Sunday Times Five years of bungled management and personal indiscretion effectively finished him. Times, Sunday Times Excess was a personal indiscretion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Personal indiscretions often cannot be reported without some official transgression, too. Times, Sunday Times He was impeached and removed from office two weeks before the end of his term due to personal indiscretions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The song discourages personal indiscretions with secretaries at the firm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was just a youthful indiscretion on her part, made before she became an MP. The Sun (2016) He had left that youthful indiscretion off his CV. Times, Sunday Times (2006) With youth comes youthful indiscretion. Times, Sunday Times (2009) |
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