indiscretion
indiscretion 英 [ˌɪndɪˈskreʃn] 美 [ˌɪndɪˈskrɛʃən]
n. 轻率；言行失检
名词复数:indiscretions
- If you commit an indiscretion you are doing something wrong that shows a lack of judgment. Perhaps stealing candy was your first indiscretion. Likely it will not be your last.
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- n. 轻率；言行失检
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1. Our modern sentimentality, which displays itself with complacent indiscretion
我们现代人的多愁善感不免流露出自得意满的轻率， displays itself with complacent indiscretion，应该是轻率地表露自身，且以此沾沾自喜。或者说我们现代人惯于轻率地……。
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2. Such precautions, however, could not protect Mr Manning, the army analyst, from his own indiscretion.
但是，这些防范措施，还是保护不了曼宁这个军事分析家，他因为自己的轻率招致了牢狱之灾。
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3. If you keep a constant distance from him, or if you never trust him, then you are driving him into indiscretion.
如果你一直对他保持疏远，或者你从来不曾相信过他，那么就是你把他推向了这个深渊。
- indiscretion (n.) mid-14c., "want of discretion, imprudence," from Old French indiscrecion "foolishness, imprudence" (12c.), from Late Latin indiscretionem (nominative indiscretio) "lack of discernment," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + discretionem "discernment, power to make distinctions" (see discretion). Meaning "indiscreet act" is from c. 1600.
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