indiscretion
英 [ˌɪn.dɪˈskreʃ.ən]
美 [ˌɪn.dɪˈskreʃ.ən]
- n. 轻率；言行失检
记忆方法
记忆“indiscretion”的方法是将它分解为三个部分：“in-”表示否定或不，加上“dis-”表示分开或错误，最后是“cretion”，联想到“cre”在英语中常与创造（create）有关，但在此改为“cretion”意味着行为。所以，记忆方法可以是：“in-dis-cretion”代表一个错误或不适当的（行为），就像是从好的创造（create）中分离出错误的部分。
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英语词源
- indiscretion (n.)
- mid-14c., "want of discretion," from Old French indiscrécion "foolishness, imprudence" (12c.), from Late Latin indiscretionem (nominative indiscretio) "lack of discernment," from in- (see in- (1)) + discretionem (see discretion). Meaning "indiscreet act" is from c. 1600.
权威例句
- 1. Occasionally they paid for their indiscretion with their lives.
- 有时候他们因自己的轻率而搭上性命。
- 2. He talked to the press in a moment of indiscretion.
- 他一时冲动对新闻界发表了讲话。
- 3. He had committed a minor sexual indiscretion.
- 他在性方面曾有一次不太检点.
- 4. He had never forgiven her for reporting his indiscretion in front of his friends.
- 他一直没有原谅她在朋友面前揭发他的不检点行为.
- 5. It was an indiscretion, undoubtedly.
- 没有疑问,这是一时不慎.