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. 言行失检
Occasionally they paid for their indiscretion with their lives. 有时候，他们因言行失检而搭上性命。
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indiscretion /ˌɪndɪˈskrɛʃən/ (indiscretions)
剑桥词典
- [ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]
the quality of being indiscreet
轻率，不慎重
Jones was censured for indiscretion in leaking a secret report to the press . 琼斯因轻率地向新闻界泄漏了一份机密报告而受到严厉批评。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
something, especially a sexual relationship , that is considered embarrassing or morally wrong
（尤指性关系上的）不检点
We should forgive him a few youthful indiscretions. 我们应该原谅他作为年轻人一些有失检点的行为。 返回 indiscretion