1.(性格上的)弱点,小缺点
2.刀剑的前段
1.a way of thinking or behaving that is unusual and strange or annoying
1.The foibles of politics and the march of time can turn friends into enemies just as easily as the wind changes.
政治的缺陷以及时间的演进足以如风转向般轻易的将朋友变为敌人。
2.It has its foibles and faults but essentially it is a creation into which you stepped and to which you gave the love of your heart.
家庭结构有其弱点与缺陷，但是它本质上是一种创造，你进入它，给予它你发自内心的爱。
3.Muslim comedians do not just ridicule their fellow citizens' foibles. Satire bubbles up in even the most repressive regimes.
穆斯林喜剧演员不只是吐槽平民的小毛病。即使在镇压最残酷的政权里讽刺作品也有所涌现。
4.Her foibles, like her insistence on eating sweets at bedtime, seemed to come from her Armenian father.
她的小毛病，比如坚持要在就寝时间吃糖果，似乎遗传自她亚美尼亚的父亲。
5.I can think of at least three human foibles chronicled by behavioural economists that regularly impinge on politics.
在此，我至少能列举出三种被行为经济学家记录在案的、常能左右政局的人类小癖好。
6.Do these staff foibles tell us about the kind of president Senators Clinton or Obama would be?
这些工作人员自身的缺点能够告诉我们参议员克林顿或奥巴马将会是一个什么样的总统吗？
7.She seemed a counterpoint to Mr. Strauss-Kahn, whose male foibles were all too apparent.
她似乎与卡恩正相反，后者身上的男性弱点太过明显。
8.What interests me is not just the endless weakness of human nature but how technology now allows these foibles to be indulged at work.
令我感兴趣的，不仅是人性中无穷无尽的弱点，还有科技让人们在工作中纵容这些弱点的程度。
9.Those who prefer to be discreet usually benefit from Catholic society's widespread "don't ask, don't tell" tolerance of private foibles.
那些更喜欢慎重一些的同性恋经常会从天主教社会对私人生活癖好广为传布的“不问，不答”容忍中受益。
10.Talking too much is one of his foibles.
说话太多是他的缺点之一。