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foible n.1.(性格上的)弱點,小缺點。2.刀劍的前段〔指中段...

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Les gens du commun ne trouvent pas de difference entre les hommes . the typical and unvarying hodge ceased to exist . he had been disintegrated into a number of varied fellow - creatures - beings of many minds , beings infinite in difference ; some happy , many serene , a few depressed , one here and there bright even to genius , some stupid , others wanton , others austere ; some mutely miltonic , some potentially cromwellian ; into men who had private views of each other , as he had of his friends ; who could applaud or condemn each other , amuse or sadden themselves by the contemplation of each other s foibles or vices ; men every one of whom walked in his own individual way the road to dusty death 他已經分化了,融進了大量的各色各樣的人中間去了成了一群思想豐富的人,一群差別無窮的人有些人快樂,多數人沉靜,還有幾個人心情憂郁,其間也有聰明程度達到天才的人,也有一些人愚笨,有些人粗俗,有些人質樸有些人是沉默無聲的彌爾頓式的人物,有些人則是鋒芒畢露的克倫威爾式的人物他們就像他認識自己的朋友一樣,相互之間都有著自己的看法他們也會相互贊揚,或者相互指責,或者因為想到各自的弱點或者缺點而感到好笑和難過他們都按照各自的方式在通往塵土的死亡道路上走著。

Me imperturbe , standing at ease in nature , master of all of mistress of all , aplomb in the midst of irrational things , imbued as they , passive , receptive , silent as they , finding my occupation , poverty , notoriety , foibles , crimes , less important than i thought , me toward the mexican sea , or in manhattan or tennessee , or far north or inland , ariver man , or the lakes or kanada , me wherever my life is lived , o to be self - alanced for contingencies , to confront night , storms , hunger , ridicule , accidents , rebuffs , as the trees amd animals do 我鎮定,悠然立于自然之間,萬物的主人或主婦,坦然面對世間的混亂,正如它們般充盈,溫順嫻靜,包容四海,才感到我的生計,潦倒,惡名,瑕疵和罪惡,是如此的不名一文,我向著墨西哥海,或在曼哈頓,田納西,抑或在遙遠的北方,深深的內陸做一個漁民、獵手、各州或沿海的農民,抑或是在加拿大,在湖畔,不論我身處何方,都要寵辱不驚,臨危不亂,就像樹木和動物一樣,堅韌面對黑夜風暴,人情冷暖。

In all the brouhaha about teenagers we are inclined to forget , it seems to me , that they are primarily reflections of us , our foibles and fumblings and aspirations , our fears and frustrations , our hopes and our beliefs 在對于青少年的紛紛議論中,我認為我們似乎忘記了,他們基本上是我們的影子;反映出我們的弱點、失誤和理想,反映出我們的恐懼和失敗,也反映我們的希望和信仰。

Whichever foible juan - sheng and zi - jun had , they acted absolutely according to modem conception of marital ethic , that is to say , modem marriage is based on the existence of love in which both sides fall 無論涓生和子君自身有什么樣的缺點,他們的行為卻完全足依照一種現代性的婚姻倫理道德進行的,那就是,現代性的婚姻是以婚姻中的雙方對彼此愛情的存在為基礎而建立起來的。

Gallup said this was the “ starkest partisan gap “ in the poll carried out late last month and “ may stem from opposing partisan perspectives on the marital foibles of former president bill clinton . 據蓋洛普公司介紹,這一結果在此項于上月末開展的調查中是“兩黨最為鮮明的分歧點” ,而且這“可能源于兩黨對待前總統克林頓緋聞事件的不同態度” 。

Growing up in the nation ' s capital has given her a unique perspective on the foibles and quirks of her compatriots and has taught her more than she ever wanted to know about cocktail parties , politics and hyperbole 在首都長大使她對她的同胞的弱點和怪癖有著獨特的見解,而且由此也對雞尾酒會、政治和夸張法了如指掌,盡管她并不想知道那么多。

He identified four : idols of the cave ( individual peculiarities ) , idols of the marketplace ( limits of language ) , idols of the theater ( preexisting beliefs ) and idols of the tribe ( inherited foibles of human thought ) 培根指出了四種:洞穴屏障(個人特質) 、市集屏障(言語限制) 、劇場屏障(學統文化)與族群屏障(人類天性) 。

Indeed , while my husband and i were arguing about each other ' s multitasking foibles , upstairs our children were engaged in a sophisticated orgy of multitasking 實際上,在我和丈夫就彼此的多任務弱點展開討論時,我們的孩子正在樓上進行復雜的多任務處理。

He would have been able to see his father ' s foibles , and he might have found the precept of absolute piety somewhat difficult to live up to 他一定會看出他父親的缺點,因此也許會覺得那種絕對孝敬父母的觀念有點不易實行。

Rumpled stockings - it may be , possibly is , a foible of mine , but still it s a thing i simply hate to see 皺皺巴巴的長統襪-這也許是我的弱點,反正我最厭惡的就是這個。 ”

Discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetener and cementer of friendship 談論共同友人的性格和缺點是維系友誼最好的甘美物和接合劑

My grandfather always carries his watch in his pocket , it ' s a foible of his 我的祖父總是把手表放在口袋里,這是他的一種怪習性。

I shall never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another 我從不想暴露別人的錯誤,以圖減輕自己的缺點。

Talking too much is one of jack ' s foibles that i find a little annoying 我覺得饒舌是杰克讓人感到厭煩的缺點之一。

Talking too much is one of jack ' s foibles that i find a little annoying 我覺的饒舌是杰克讓人感到厭煩的錯誤之一。

We all have our little foibles 我們人人都有些小缺點

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。

We can write a biting satire and expose all their foibles 我們可以寫東西揭露一下這些家伙的丑惡

The legends and foibles of the winter olympics 冬季奧林匹克的傳說和弱點。