foible

noun

/ˈfɔɪbl/

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a silly habit or a strange or weak aspect of a person’s character that is not considered serious by other people（性格上无伤大雅的）怪癖，弱点，小缺点 synonym idiosyncrasy
- We have to tolerate each other's little foibles.我们得互相容忍对方的小缺点。
- He often writes about the workings of government and the foibles of politicians.他经常写政府的运作和政治家的缺点。
- I soon got used to his little foibles.我很快就习惯了他的小缺点。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘feeble’): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’. This sense also formerly occurred as a sense of the word feeble and dates from the 17th cent.