indiscretions

英 [ˌɪndɪsˈkrɛʃənz] 美 [ˌɪndɪˈskrɛʃənz]

n.  不慎的言行; (尤指道德上)不检点的言行; 轻率; 鲁莽
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-VAR 不慎重;轻率;言行失检
    If you talk about someone's indiscretion, you mean that they have done or said something that is risky, careless, or likely to upset people.
    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. ...punishing me for an indiscretion committed a decade ago.
      因10年前做过的糊涂事惩罚我
    3. ...rumours of his mother's youthful indiscretions.
      关于她母亲年轻时言行不检点的传言
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双语例句

  1. Both have committed their indiscretions, as human beings are wont to do.
    两人都有失慎重，此乃人之常情。
  2. Exposing fibs, exaggerations and indiscretions routinely used to undercut or derail political careers is migrating to the corporate world as a new tactic for unhappy shareholder activists to win changes they seek in the executive suite.
    揭露无伤大雅的谎言、牛皮和言行失检，这些通常用于政治攻击的小伎俩现在也开始出现在企业界，愤懑不平的维权股东开始使用这些手段来达到改变公司管理层的目的。
  3. When playing power games, indiscretions are never a good idea.
    在权力游戏当中，不明智的行为从来都不是好主意。
  4. But it's not just the cheated women who are suffering: I would argue that headlines about marriages cracking because of stupid indiscretions make adultery seem normal.
    但并不只是这些被欺骗的女人们承受着痛苦：我认为，头条新闻经常报导那些由于不明智行为而导致的婚姻破裂的事情，这会让通奸行为逐渐变得令人习以为常。
  5. They were just youthful indiscretions& perhaps we should forgive them.
    那些只是年轻人有失检点的行为&也许我们应该原谅。
  6. Disloyal staff members exposed the senator's indiscretions to the press.
    不忠实的工作人员把参议员们不慎重的行为暴露给新闻刊物。
  7. They are sworn to celibacy, as well, though indiscretions have been known to happen.
    他们宣誓独身，但众所周知的是也曾经有人犯下轻率的举动。
  8. Disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers.
    不忠的副手在文件上揭发了他的轻率之举。
  9. The indiscretions of a few youngsters cannot destroy a faith built up by thirty-four years of experience with other boys who have justified that faith.
    个别年轻人轻率的行为无法摧毁我三十四年来和其他孩子相处时树立起的信念，这些孩子证实了我的信念。
  10. She admitted to one or two youthful indiscretions.
    她承认曾有过一两次少不更事的尴尬。
  11. Perhaps we can chalk this up to the indiscretions of youth.
    也许这就是年轻人的不成熟吧。
  12. The church is the place where people openly admitted dark misdeeds and vile indiscretions.
    教堂就是一个让人们大方地承认自己犯下的错误和黑暗邪恶的行为。
  13. In2001, a Chinese woman launched divorce proceedings against her husband after the family's pet mynah bird reportedly spilled the beans on his marital indiscretions.
    2001年，一名中国妇女向丈夫提出离婚诉讼，理由是她的丈夫在一次不慎失言后，家里的宠物八哥开始不断重复他的话。
  14. I love a liar more than a speaker of truth, and an indiscreet liar more than a discreet one. His indiscretions are a sign of his love for his readers.
    吾爱撒谎者甚于谈真理者，爱轻率之撒谎者甚于慎重之撒谎者，因其轻率乃他喜爱读者之表现也。
  15. But when indiscretions are exposed over time, we lose more in compromised creditability.
    但是，随着时间的推移，当失言的暴露，我们失去了信誉受损更多。
  16. Come to think of it my own wife has confessed to a few former indiscretions recently that might have given me pause for thought earlier in the relationship.
    我想起来了，我妻子最近也供认以前曾有过一些轻率的行为在我们恋爱的早期，这可能会让我停下来想一想。
  17. Yet the king forgave the boy from Ashe House these indiscretions, which allowed his descendants to grow up in a palace where they live to this day.
    然而，国王原谅了这个来自爱什家族男孩儿的一时冲动。他的子孙在马尔伯勒宫中一代代繁衍，至今仍是如此。
  18. When you're dating a guy, you can forgive him for some indiscretions, but it's nearly impossible to turn the other cheek if he strays.
    约会的时候，你可以原谅男友的很多过错，但不太可能原谅他的四处留情。
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