indiscretion
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR 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. 言行失檢
Occasionally they paid for their indiscretion with their lives. 有時候,他們因言行失檢而搭上性命。
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indiscretion /??nd??skr???n/ (indiscretions)
劍橋詞典
- [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
the quality of being indiscreet
輕率,不慎重
Jones was censured for indiscretion in leaking a secret report to the press . 瓊斯因輕率地向新聞界泄漏了一份機(jī)密報告而受到嚴(yán)厲批評。
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
something, especially a sexual relationship , that is considered embarrassing or morally wrong
(尤指性關(guān)系上的)不檢點(diǎn)
We should forgive him a few youthful indiscretions. 我們應(yīng)該原諒他作為年輕人一些有失檢點(diǎn)的行為。 返回 indiscretion