late 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense feeble): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble(see feeble). Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feebleand all date from the 17th cent
talking too much is one of his foibles .太愛講話是他的缺點之一。
+these foibles
1 . 這些小毛病
these foibles often persist beyond reason because they are so deep-rooted , having been learned in the families of people's childhoods .這些小毛病通常都是非理性的,它們已經根深蒂固,是人在童年時期在家庭中耳濡目染習得的。
+human foibles
1 . 人類的弱點
There are many humorous allusions to human foibles in the drama ., 劇中多處幽默地提到人類的弱點.
2 . 人性弱點
contrast , behavioural economics is less psychologically naive , recognising that people often far from rational , and are influenced by such human foibles a sense of fairness .相比之下,行為經濟學心理上沒那么幼稚單純,認為人很多時候是很不理性的,并受公平感這樣的人性弱點的影響。
+and foibles
1 . 和弱點
The legends and foibles of the Winter Olympics ., 冬季奧林匹克的傳說和弱點.