indiscretion
柯林斯词典
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 /ˌɪndɪˈskrɛʃən/ (indiscretions)
剑桥词典
- [ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
the quality of being indiscreet
輕率,不慎重
Jones was censured for indiscretion in leaking a secret report to the press . 瓊斯因輕率地曏新聞界泄漏了一份機密報告而受到嚴厲批評。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
something, especially a sexual relationship , that is considered embarrassing or morally wrong
(尤指性關系上的)不檢點
We should forgive him a few youthful indiscretions. 我們應該原諒他作爲年輕人一些有失檢點的行爲。 返回 indiscretion