foible meaning in English
n.
1.(性格上的)弱点,小缺点。
2.刀剑的前段〔指中段到刀尖，杀伤力不强部分〕 (opp. forte)。
Examples
- My host pardoned many of his foibles .
我的主人对他的许多小缺点可以不闻不问。 - Her room was a study in the foibles of an eager and ambitious mind .
从她的房间可以看出一个热忠的，野心勃勃人的弱点。 - Alternately anvil and hammer, morocco has seen the glories and the foibles of man, his triumphs and degradations .
摩洛哥或为刀俎，或为鱼肉，历尽人间沧桑，有显赫的时候，也有衰败的时候。 - Most cunningly had the egyptian appealed to ione's ruling foible and most dexterously had he applied the poisoned dart to her pride .
这个埃及人非常狡猾地利用了伊俄涅的主要弱点，极其巧妙地用毒箭射中了她的自尊心。 - The legends and foibles of the summer olympics
夏天奥林匹克的传说和弱点。