记忆方法
1. feeble => foible.
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词族 · foible
词形变化
中文词源
foible 小缺点
来自feeble的法语拼写变体，用来指弱点，小缺点。
英语词源
- foible
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foible: see feeble
- foible (n.)
- 1640s, "weak point of a sword blade" (contrasted to forte), from French foible "a weak point, a weakness, failing," from noun use of Old French adjective feble "feeble" (see feeble). The spelling borrowed in English is obsolete in modern French, which uses faible. Extended sense of "weak point of character" is first recorded 1670s. Related: Foibles.
权威例句
- 1. If there was any foible in the SL - II's handling it only shows up when sprinting hard.
- 如果有任何foible在下午二 - 二的处理,它不仅表明了当短跑辛苦.
- 2. My grandfather always carries his watch in his pocket; it's a foible of his.
- 我的祖父总是把手表放在口袋里, 这是他的一种怪习性.
- 3. You could do Ebay , or dating or indulge another foible of choice.
- 你可以上eBay购物, 或者约会,或者纵容另外一个弱点.
- 4. I should never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another.
- 我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图减轻自己的缺点.